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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.)

Kat - Jun 05, 2007 5:46:47 am PDT #1086 of 10001

"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Cookbooks were one of the first arenas where women were encouraged to practice literacy, so they serve as some of the oldest literary achievements of women. Earlier this year, I got to work with some of the 17th century cookeries that the local library has which was amazing.

So much food info, but also so much cultural info got passed through these books.

t /nerd

Theodosia - Jun 05, 2007 5:46:50 am PDT #1087 of 10001

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

You know, deriving 'currant' from Corinth sounds like likely etymology to me! And Germansizing it to boot. Remember that 'th' in Deutsche is a hard T.

I took two years of German in high school now 30 years ago, so I'm not even fit to order beer....

Jessica - Jun 05, 2007 5:50:03 am PDT #1088 of 10001

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

old recipes/cookbooks (which is what my thesis is on

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.

I want to read this a LOT.

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