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farmgrlchick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Theresa
Columbus
Montana
USA
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 Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 11:22:14 AM
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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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katie-ell
True Blue Farmgirl
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Katie
Illinois
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Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 3:18:28 PM
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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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farmgrlchick
True Blue Farmgirl
439 Posts
Theresa
Columbus
Montana
USA
439 Posts |
Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 7:33:49 PM
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| Thanks Katie-ell.....I love honey butter.... |
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sugarsfarm
True Blue Farmgirl
272 Posts
Leah
Woodward
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Mar 06 2006 : 10:49:48 PM
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ooooo gingerbread! It sounds sooo good. Dont you just love old recipes, the way they are worded and how they are organized!
You must be the change you want to see in the world.
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junebug
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sue
West Plains,
Mo.
USA
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farmgrlchick
True Blue Farmgirl
439 Posts
Theresa
Columbus
Montana
USA
439 Posts |
Posted - Mar 07 2006 : 08:23:56 AM
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| 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.... |
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LJRphoto
True Blue Farmgirl
760 Posts
Laura
Hickory Corners
MI
USA
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farmgrlchick
True Blue Farmgirl
439 Posts
Theresa
Columbus
Montana
USA
439 Posts |
Posted - Mar 24 2006 : 07:48:47 AM
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Thank you Laura, that's a fun sight.
Blessings,
Theresa |
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