tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post114909868678223878..comments2024-03-19T02:08:44.318-04:00Comments on Laura Rebecca's Kitchen: Pastries from Shatila Bakery & CafeLaura Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09145568170608254365noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post-1149266192095470832006-06-02T12:36:00.000-04:002006-06-02T12:36:00.000-04:00Elizabethan's were cheap bastards.Elizabethan's were cheap bastards.Acme Instant Foodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433880903890097520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post-1149208354456857122006-06-01T20:32:00.000-04:002006-06-01T20:32:00.000-04:00Personally, I'm glad they did away the love apple:...Personally, I'm glad they did away the love apple:<BR/><BR/>"[An Elizabethan} woman would put a peeled apple under her arm for a while and offer the 'love apple' to her beloved as a gift." <A HREF="http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780307336712&view=excerpt" REL="nofollow">Source</A>.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if the lover was supposed to sniff the apple -- or eat it.Laura Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145568170608254365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post-1149179937186705782006-06-01T12:38:00.000-04:002006-06-01T12:38:00.000-04:00Thank God things have changed slightly with the pa...Thank God things have changed slightly with the passing time. Can you imagine, "Honey, I'll be back in a few. I have to run to Blockbuster to return the videos, make it to yoga, and hopefully still have enough time to catch a turtle and bring it home in time to slit its throat before bed."Acme Instant Foodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433880903890097520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post-1149166309635577162006-06-01T08:51:00.000-04:002006-06-01T08:51:00.000-04:00Are we sure that Mrs Frances Bland Tucker Coalter ...Are we sure that Mrs Frances Bland Tucker Coalter just didn't have a lithp?Lishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631520734280170415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post-1149163547182067492006-06-01T08:05:00.000-04:002006-06-01T08:05:00.000-04:00I know, I know. I just think those Colonial recip...I know, I know. I just think those Colonial recipes are so interesting. They illustrate more than just what these people ate: they show what they had to know (and didn't know), how they spoke, and how and what they thought.<BR/><BR/>Check out this excerpt from the Turtle Soup recipe:<BR/><BR/><I>"Turtle Soup: Kill the turtle at Daylight in Summer, the night before in Winter, and hang it up to bleed."</I><BR/><BR/>As this is the "Accomplish'd Gentlewoman's Companion" cookbook, does that mean that the gentlewoman herself is going out, catching a turtle, killing it and "hanging it up to bleed?" <BR/><BR/>That seems to run counter to my knowledge of gender roles for that period but what do I really know? Maybe that was part and parcel of the housewife's job: bear the children, clean the house, kill the turtle.Laura Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145568170608254365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post-1149136975358747792006-06-01T00:42:00.000-04:002006-06-01T00:42:00.000-04:00*blink... blink***blink... blink**Acme Instant Foodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433880903890097520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post-1149126857728126532006-05-31T21:54:00.000-04:002006-05-31T21:54:00.000-04:00Don't tempt me; I received this as a present, so I...Don't tempt me; I received <A HREF="http://www.history.org/Publications/books/index.cfm?ItemId=52&SubCatID=32" REL="nofollow">this</A> as a present, so I've toyed with the idea of a <I>way</I> retro food challenge.<BR/><BR/>An excerpt from said book (note the spellings):<BR/><BR/><I>Lemon Ice Cream: The Juice of fix Lemons to two Quarts Water (or two Cups bottled Juice). Steep the Peels for fometime in the Water (or fome Lemon Conferve if you have not frefh Peels ) and ftrain it. Mix into it two Pounds white Sugar and the Whites of twenty-four Eggs beat till they will adhere to the Bowl. The Freezer muft be kept in Motion till yr Cream is of the Confiftence of Snow." </I><BR/><BR/> -- Manufcript Cook Book, c-1801, of Mrs Frances Bland Tucker Coalter. Owned by St. George Tucker Grinnan, Richmond.Laura Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145568170608254365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post-1149112178013504392006-05-31T17:49:00.000-04:002006-05-31T17:49:00.000-04:00The 18th & 19th Centuries? Wow, talk about your r...The 18th & 19th Centuries? Wow, talk about your retro food.Acme Instant Foodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433880903890097520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post-1149110382778120382006-05-31T17:19:00.000-04:002006-05-31T17:19:00.000-04:00Break out of the box, guys! ;)To be honest, I don'...Break out of the box, guys! ;)<BR/><BR/>To be honest, I don't know much about rosewater, except that it adds a floral note to food (I know, so suprising). It's very fresh and natural, nothing like the cloying scent found in many perfumes.<BR/><BR/>I don't really know how to describe my attraction to it aside from the fact that it's not commonly used in Western cooking so it's novel and attractive for me to taste. (Though, my friend Andrea pointed out that it WAS a pretty common flavoring -used as we might use vanilla- here during the 1700s & 1800s.)Laura Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145568170608254365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post-1149109318374428762006-05-31T17:01:00.000-04:002006-05-31T17:01:00.000-04:00I echo what Lis said.I echo what Lis said.Acme Instant Foodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433880903890097520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23189093.post-1149106338672101042006-05-31T16:12:00.000-04:002006-05-31T16:12:00.000-04:00Okay so you've got to tell me.. since I've been he...Okay so you've got to tell me.. since I've been hearing so much about rosewater.. what does it taste like, exactly? Because I'm picturing it tasting like my grandmother's perfume.. and that just isn't a taste sensation I'm gonna get too excited over. So.. 'splain puhleese. :)Lishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05631520734280170415noreply@blogger.com