[Sca-cooks] Obscene medieval pastries

[Stefan li Rous]

Jim  Chevallier said:
<<< The eighteenth century writer Le Grand d'Aussy rails against obscene  
medieval pastries:

"Can one believe that a time existed in France when  the most obscene forms 
were given to table pastries, and the foulest names. >>>

Well, what is considered obscene can differ quite a lot from period to period. I suspect that many of the Victorians would be aghast at many of our modern television shows.

<<< The most direct translation of this is:

"Let it be made shaped like [female genitals] stuffed with fried cream, if  
there is any; and if no cream is found, take fine cheese and put in nice 
pieces,  and some sugar."

(I have to admit this makes me think of a taco.)  >>>

I don’t see tacos. Maybe our visions of “tacos” differs. Thin, corn tortillas are rather different from puffy flour ones or other flatbread.

But what is “it”?  A bread?, a pastry? Is this something that sits flat, but you have to look at it edge on to see the illusion? like two overlapping layers of pastry dough?
Sounds like the beginning of an adult themed illusion food feast. :-) But not enough info to work from. I don’t have any copy of Taillevent.

And what would be meant by “fried cream”? A whipped cream that is a bit dried out?

Stefan
(for those up north who are thinking that even mentioning “snow” is obscene right now, see this illusion food:
snow-msg          (25K) 10/ 2/10 "Snow", a white, creamy confection often served with wafers.   )
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