[Sca-cooks] Recipe for period gingerbrede

[Antonia Calvo]

Susan Lin wrote:

>That's why we have food processors!!!!!  don't yell at me - I know - it's
>not a period tool but I just had to throw it in.
>  
>

Oh, fair enough-- that's how I make crumbs, too.  The food processor is 
also great for toast crumbs, buttered crumbs, cookie crumbs, etc.


>But-it's a reasonable questions - they could have taken day old (not yet
>dry) bread and broken it or rubbed it into "crumbs".
>


Yes, they could have, but I think the specific instruction to *grate* is 
highly suggestive of *dry* bread.


-- 
Antonia di Benedetto Calvo

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