[Sca-cooks] Challah

[Susan Lord]

> On Dec 17, 2014, at 21:53, Susan Lord Williams <lordhunt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Galefridus Peregrinus wrote:
> 
>> My wife did a bunch of research on medieval challah some years ago. As 
>> has been stated, there are no extant recipes, so she ended up 
>> reconstructing a recipe based on varieties of braided white bread that 
>> were baked in period. I will talk to her about posting her 
>> documentation.
> 
> 
> I feel the braided bread essential in the Jewish tradition so any recipe for this would be most welcome.


Did anyone ever answer my query? If so please send me a copy.

As a result of my blog titled "Hallallah" published January 30, 2015, of late someone asked if my recipe was period. The title of the recipe I included is: CHALLAH I, TRADITIONAL EGG BREAD FOR THE JEWISH SABBATH ADAPTED FROM JOAN CALLAWYA’S RECIPE http//allrecipes.com/recipe/challah/i <http://allrecipes.com/recipe/challah/i>
is that clear enough?

In the explanation of this bread in this blog, it is stated that it is documented in Biblical days. 

In the blog, there is no indication that a medieval or ancient recipe survives. 

I believe there is a difference between serving honey butter  as "medieval" and my my providing a plausible recipe that could have been used in the Middle Ages pertaining to a word documented during the Middle Ages. One thing is honey butter, not included in my vocabulary list, and another is "hallallah". When I cannot find a recipe for the word I am describing such as "Hallallah" is tell the reader from where the recipe comes. It think there is a difference.