I think you're looking at Koriander, which you guessed right as coriander -- I've definitely seen it used in sweets, although it's not common in the US. (Obv, that's coriander seed, not cilantro, which... even if you like the stuff otherwise, eww.)
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Jun 05, 2007 5:18:23 am PDT #1076 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
flea - Jun 05, 2007 5:21:56 am PDT #1077 of 10001
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Hil, I'd bet it's a kind of raisin. Corinth (Greece) was a locus of dried fruit production in the early part of the last century. Since the recipe also calls for sultanas, that makes more sense to me than coriander. From Wikipedia: "A particular variety of seedless grape, the Black Corinth, is also sun dried to produce Zante currants, mini raisins that are much darker in color and have a tart, tangy flavour."
tommyrot - Jun 05, 2007 5:22:52 am PDT #1078 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Did you know that Hogan's Heroes was a popular show in Germany?
Yes, actually. I once ran across a website in German that was this intellectual analysis of Hogan's Heroes. Maybe it was supposed to be funny (I hope so). But they had all this intellectual stuff like an analysis of why it was always winter in Hogan's Heroes and what that symbolized.
Hil R. - Jun 05, 2007 5:23:02 am PDT #1079 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think you're looking at Koriander, which you guessed right as coriander -- I've definitely seen it used in sweets, although it's not common in the US.
I'm trying to squint at the word some more, but I really can't see that middle part as being anything other than "th." I've got Ko(r?)i(u?n?)the(r?n?) there. And it's 30 g butter, 60 g sultanas, 60 g mystery ingredient, 30 grams candied lemon peel, 100 or 600 grams sugar, 30 grams cocoa, which seems like a lot of coriander in proportion. Thanks for the info that it's used in sweets, though -- I think, now that you mention it, I can remember my grandmother using it sometimes.
Hil R. - Jun 05, 2007 5:23:52 am PDT #1080 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil, I'd bet it's a kind of raisin.
Oooh, thanks! That makes a lot of sense.
amych - Jun 05, 2007 5:24:22 am PDT #1081 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
At 60 g., I'm gonna defer to flea's guess. Yowie!
Ginger - Jun 05, 2007 5:37:58 am PDT #1082 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Hil, have you worked out the names of any of these recipes? If you can find a recipe for something similar, it might be easier to guess.
Kat - Jun 05, 2007 5:42:17 am PDT #1083 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Hil, do you have a series of recipes that you are looking at? i'm kind of obsessed with old recipes/cookbooks (which is what my thesis is on if I ever have a moment to finish writing my proposal and thesis itself... because I won't get my masters until I finish.)
Also, msbelle, I am so sorry about the appointment. Medical stuff seems so fraught and annoying and it's all hoopjumping in the end.
We're waiting on a bed to open at another hospital for Grace. I am not looking forward to having infants in separate cross-town hospitals.
Hil R. - Jun 05, 2007 5:42:57 am PDT #1084 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've worked out some of them. The one with the corinthians was Wickelkuchen. (And I've got that one totally figured out now!) Now I'm working on another where I think it's "Biskuitroulade," which I'm finding a bunch of other German recipes for, which will at least help me figure out the handwriting.)
Hil R. - Jun 05, 2007 5:44:45 am PDT #1085 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Hil, do you have a series of recipes that you are looking at? i'm kind of obsessed with old recipes/cookbooks (which is what my thesis is on if I ever have a moment to finish writing my proposal and thesis itself... because I won't get my masters until I finish.)
I'm kind of obsessed with old cookbooks, too. This one is a handwritten notebook of recipes that my grandmother wrote down when she was a teenager. I've been meaning to try to translate it for years, and try to cook some of these. (I'm realizing that I'm going to have some issues with figuring out the proportions for modern baking powder -- I don't think she would have had double-acting.)