[Sca-cooks] Modern Document Project with Old Techniques

[jjterlouw at earthlink.net]

What a fun project!  While my grandmother didn't use recipes except when she
baked cakes, mostly at Christmas, she also didn't make notes.  I learned to
cook by growing up in her kitchen, and watching what she did.  I do need,
however, to go through the few cookbooks she had to find her versions of the
cakes and other baked goods that she made.  I already have two major
projects in the works for this year.  Dare I add another?  

With love and blessings for you and your girls in this new year and decade,

Mairi Ceilidh


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Sam Wallace
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Subject: [Sca-cooks] Modern Document Project with Old Techniques

All,

I have been working on a transcription project of my grandmother's cooking
notes. My mom found them when she was going through some boxes that she had
in storage. What struck me in working on them was their similarity to
medieval cookery texts. These are not recipes formatted as you would see in
a modern cookbook. Rather, they are a list of what ingredients are needed
and many of the steps to follow. Sometimes there are amounts or temperatures
given, sometimes not. Sometimes times are given and in others cases it is
simply "until done". Too, spelling is inconsistent and there are plenty of
run-on sentences. The biggest differences are that ingredients tend to have
a separate listing from the instructions and there are often precise times
and temperatures given.

Yours,

Guillaume
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