[Artemisia] Period Sweets

[rcfaevans at comcast.net]

I had looked into this before, but I rechecked the Web to verify:

Custards date back to at least the Middle Ages.
Flans go back at least to Rome.
Boiled puddings are Period, but the were mostly non-sweet (Pease, Meat, etc.)


Ryryd

ps:  Raven, I have a wonderful custard pot, if you would like to use it.  Anna got it for me in France some years ago.  VERY heavy, pure copper.  You MUST use a gas range.  Electric won't work.


-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: ravenmacleod at comcast.net 

> Are custards period? I have a custard recipe that I'm just dieing to try. 
> 
> -- 
> Raven MacLeod 
> Esquire 
> 
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> 
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> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: Georgia Foster 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > hmn ... 
> > 
> > Since we began this discussion of sweets … I have been wracking my brain cell 
> to 
> > try to figure what to bring. I have time to make some fruit pastes, and the 
> > season is just right for doing that. Those I made for the desert auction last 
> > March were made from frozen fruit. The resulting paste was too thin, which 
> made 
> > them a little tough; more like fruit leather than fruit paste, which is why 
> they 
> > were laid one over the other, rolled up and tied … couldn’t find any other way 
> > to make them pretty enough to offer. 
> > 
> > AND 
> > 
> > I happen to know that Baron Richard, Her Highness' mate, is very fond of 
> > custard. 
> > 
> > And ... I have a pretty good recipe for custard that I made for Otherhill 
> > Candlemas last. It was served with smallcakes and (cooked) mixed berry sauce 
> as 
> > a sort of build-at-the-table tart. All I have to figure now is … 
> > transportation and storage until serving. 
> > 
> > Cheers 
> > 
> > Malkin 
> > Otherhill 
> > Jo (Georgia L.) FosterNever knock on Death's door. Ring the doorbell and run 
> ... 
> > he hates that. 
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