[Sca-cooks] PPC 84 / doughnuts

[Huette von Ahrens]

No he used 'pain pendu'.  I have no idea what that is, but I hope that he isn't thinking 
'pain perdu'.  IMHO the only connection that doughnuts and pain perdu have is that
they are both currently eaten for breakfast.

Huette


--- Daniel Myers <edoard at medievalcookery.com> wrote:

> 
> On Feb 8, 2008, at 6:23 AM, Huette von Ahrens wrote:
> > I received my issue # 84 of PPC on Tuesday.  I have had great  
> > respect for the editors of PPC
> > up until now.  Sigh.  In this issue is a 23 page article entitled  
> > "The Origins and the Early
> > History of the Doughnut" by Brian Brivati.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > From there he wanders to early medieval England, talks about fairs  
> > and festivals and
> > fast food, eventually making a statement that "payne puff", "pain  
> > pendu" and "mistembec" were
> > ancestors of doughnuts.
> 
> 
> Wait a second ... pain perdu?  Did this goofball actually read any  
> recipes before writing the article?  I'm surprised he didn't mention  
> tansy cakes.
> 
> Ugh!
> 
> - Doc
> 
> 
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My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel;   King Henry VI, part I: I, v 
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