[Sca-cooks] Looking for a Roman sweet
Antonia Calvo
dama.antonia at gmail.com
Wed Feb 17 13:47:55 PST 2010
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
>>> 50 large Eggs (4 doz. + 2 eggs)
>>> <snip>
>>> 2 Tb. and 1-1/2 tsp White Wine
>>> 2 Tb. Olive Oil
>>> 30 cups Whole Milk (= 1 gallon + 3 quarts + 2 cups)
>>>
>> Those seem like *microscopic* quantities of wine and oil for 50 eggs and nearly two gallons of milk.
>>
>
> I spotted that, too. You think maybe some ingredient quantities didn't get multiplied out correctly?
>
Dunno-- I tend to assume mistake, but it's hard to be sure. There *are*
a few recipe redactors out there who seem to be terrified of
*ingredients* :-)
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Antonia di Benedetto Calvo
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Habeo metrum - musicamque,
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-Georgeus Gershwinus
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