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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 07-09-2006 10:06 PM
  
I have an idea that might be fun ... My guess is that it could turn into a lot of effort for some.... I have several different editions of Mrs. Beeton's and some earlier recipe books. Every once in awhile I find myself thumbing through the pages wondering how some of those interesting recipes would appeal to today's tastes. I was wondering if anyone has ever tried some of the recipes that might have been common in Mrs. Beeton's time but not so common in our time? I thought if we could plan an interesting menu then maybe we could get the chefs of Food TV to prepare the meal and we could all show up bringing our own historic silver flatware and serving pieces. IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 07-09-2006 10:39 PM
As someone who does a lot of cooking from old cookbooks, I can say that many of the recipes hold up well and many deserve their place at the bottom of the waste pit. When, as with the best cooking today, the ingredients are handled simply and with respect, the results are almost always top table. Elaborations, intended to impress and overwhelm, are doomed to a short life of fad and forgotten. What sort of meal, and of what period and country, did you have in mind? [This message has been edited by wev (edited 07-09-2006).] IP: Logged |
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Scott Martin Forum Master Posts: 11520 |
posted 07-10-2006 07:47 AM
quote: Wherever our mutual interests lead. IP: Logged |
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FWG Posts: 845 |
posted 07-10-2006 09:18 AM
One of my favorite pancake recipes comes from an Elizabethan English cookbook, Ruth Anne Beebe's Sallets Humbles & Shewsbury Cakes. There she gives first the original recipe, then an adaptation for modern cooks with measured ingredients. The pancake involves fairly massive amounts of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg and mace, and I do many variations on the theme. Mrs. Curtis is also a classic from the turn of the (20th) century. And Mary Randolph's The Virginia Housewife (originally 1824) is an absolute necessity; probably the most influential American cookbook, at least of the 19th century, it gives clear recipes for everyday cooking (along with useful household hints). And it's readily available, in print. IP: Logged |
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