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| farmgrlchick |
Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 11:22:14 AM
Hi Farmgirls,
I found this recipe in a recipe book~ Willimsburg art of cookery or,
Accomplished Gentlewoman's companion
Enjoy:
To make Dutch Gingerbread
Take four pounds of Flour , and mix with it two ounces and hlaf of beated Ginger, then rub in a quarter of a pound of butter, and add to it two ounces of Carraway-seeds, two ounces of Orange-peel dry'd and rubb'd to powder, a few coriander-feeds, bruised, two eggs, then mix all up in a stiff paste with two pounds and a quarter of Treacle; beat it very well with a rolling-pin, and make it up into thirty cakes; put in a candied citron;prick them with a fork; butter papers three double, on white, and two brown; wash them over with the white of an Egg; put'em into an Oven not too hot for three quarters of an Hour.
( E. Smith's Compleat Housewife, London, 1739)
Anyone know what Treacle is?
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| farmgrlchick |
Posted - Mar 24 2006 : 07:48:47 AM
Thank you Laura, that's a fun sight.
Blessings,
Theresa |
| LJRphoto |
Posted - Mar 23 2006 : 9:12:54 PM
Theresa,
I thought you might enjoy this website I stumbled across a while back. I think it's just a wonderful project.
http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/index.html
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain
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| farmgrlchick |
Posted - Mar 07 2006 : 08:23:56 AM
I just loved the wording of this old recipe, makes me wonder about the women who followed it.... the title 'accomplished gentlewoman's companion' makes me smile.... |
| junebug |
Posted - Mar 07 2006 : 04:44:18 AM
wow, that recipe is gonna make a whole lot of gingerbread, maybe you could sell it?? LOL
" Aspire to Inspire before you Expire"
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| sugarsfarm |
Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 10:49:48 PM
ooooo gingerbread! It sounds sooo good. Dont you just love old recipes, the way they are worded and how they are organized!
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| farmgrlchick |
Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 7:33:49 PM
Thanks Katie-ell.....I love honey butter.... |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 3:18:28 PM
I found one reference which defined treacle thus: "Treacle, or Fancy Molasses as it is popularly called, is a viscous, rich, dark brown color, concentrated sugarcane juice, manufactured by concentrating the fully matured tropical sugarcane stalks. The thick syrup has a characteristic tropical molasses aroma and a consistency as supple as honey-butter."
Another reference just defined it as 'molasses'.
This makes me hungry for gingerbread! |
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