[Sca-cooks] pan forte / pan pepato sort of recipe 1564
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Wed Apr 14 09:24:53 PDT 2010
>
> NOTE: All pounds are 12 ounces (345g) and I would use true cinnamon
> instead of cassia cinnamon, but he may mean cassia as he uses the word
> cinamomo which is used rarely in this book. The usual word is canella
> which I am very sure means Ceylon or true cinnamon.
>
> Master B
The Italian libra of the period was closer to 328 g. being roughly .722
avoirdupois pounds. The Italian onza is approximately 27.25 g., making
about 1 g. lighter than the standard avoirdupois ounce.
Bear
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