[Sca-cooks] Pancakes and Fruitcakes was Happy Shrove/Fat Tuesday
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Tue Feb 24 19:36:02 PST 2009
Gwen Cat said:
<<< Nope, not of a persuasion to fast, but of a heritage that
celebrates Rose Monday and Fat Tuesday with GUSTO. >>>
I've heard of Fat Tuesday, but what is "Rose Monday"?
<<< On the other topic, your discussion got me curious just how far
back fruit cake recipes go. If I had to pick a country how about
English? any online leads? >>>
If you use the search engine on the top page of the Florilegium you
can find a few mentions.
I also have this previous message, although it hasn't made it into
the Florilegium yet since I was looking for enough material on period
fruitcake for a new file.
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:26:05 -0600
From: "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Fruitcakes in Period?
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
AFAIK, panforte is the earliest European fruitcake with the first
reference
in the 13th Century. There are no recipes. The modern version is
honey,
spices, dried fruits and nuts with a little flour as a binding
agent. It is
similar to the later recipes for lebkuchen and gingerbread. Pantonne
is a
little later. It's difficult to place, but from what I've been able to
find, I believe the origins are toward the end of period. Again, no
recipes.
Bear
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THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas
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