[Sca-cooks] Medieval German "whoopie pies"???
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at att.net
Fri Sep 2 12:45:59 PDT 2011
I would point out that a batter cake of the type found in whoopie pies is
produced with chemical leaven and would not be found prior to the late 16th
Century. I wouldn't expect to find any prior to the 19th Century.
The filled oblaten mentioned in other missives is a good bet. Or they may
be referring to Germkno:del which is a filled yeast dumpling (although the
filling is usually plum jam). I know of no recipe or description of
Germkno:del within SCA period.
Bear
> Got this from a shire member and figured I see if anyone here knew
> anything about it. Seems awfully unlikely to me, but I don't know a lot
> about German cookery...
>
>
> "Also I was reading my new whoopie pie book and in the fun fact section it
> says that "...the origins of the whoopie pie are in medieval Germany,
> where a cream-filled cake was baked". Does anyone know about said dessert?
> I am interested in trying it."
>
> Brangwayna Morgan
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