[Sca-cooks] Cut-Off Date for Cookery Books?

[steve montgomery]

May had some recipes that seem to be an evolution beyond what wad happening
in period texts. The others I don't have a problem with.

Aeddie
On Jan 29, 2014 5:03 AM, "Elise Fleming" <alysk at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Greetings! I'm having a discussion with someone about using cookery books
> which were printed after 1600 and whether they can be considered "period"
> or not. We're specifically focused on recipes for confections and
> banqueting items (aka "desserts").
>
> If we are being anal and fussy, then 1600 is a hard date and several of
> the books that contain the most recipes for sweets don't fit: John Murrell,
> "A delightful daily exercise for Ladies and Gentlewomen" (1621); Gervase
> Markham, "The English Housewife" (1615); Kenelm Digby, "The Closet of Sir
> Kenelm Digby" (1669); Robert May, "The Accomplisht Cook" (1660/1685).
>
> Would you accept cookery books as "period" up to 1625?
>
> What about those after 1650?
>
> Would you accept a post-1650 recipe if it was for a dish that was
> mentioned pre-1600 but the recipe was 1660 and there was no other recipe
> available?
>
> Alys K.
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