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, 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.)

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

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....

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

Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh.

I want to read this a LOT.

butterflocken

Nothing to say. Just had to see that word again.

Okay, so last night, I stared at a double magnum of Château Lafite Rothschild 1874 that apparently costs $35,000. I was afraid to move lest I break anything and have to take out a loan.

OK, this:

Under President Bush, the F.C.C. has expanded its indecency rules, taking a much harder line on obscenities uttered on broadcast television and radio.

is what makes this especially funny:

If President Bush and Vice President Cheney can blurt out vulgar language, then the government cannot punish broadcast television stations for broadcasting the same words in similarly fleeting contexts.

That, in essence, was the decision on Monday, when a federal appeals panel struck down the government policy that allows stations and networks to be fined if they broadcast shows containing obscene language.

...

Adopting an argument made by lawyers for NBC, the judges then cited examples in which Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney had used the same language that would be penalized under the policy. Mr. Bush was caught on videotape last July using a common vulgarity that the commission finds objectionable in a conversation with Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain. Three years ago, Mr. Cheney was widely reported to have muttered an angry obscene version of “get lost” to Senator Patrick Leahy on the floor of the United States Senate.

Heh. Also, this maybe should go without saying, but Bush and Cheney can go fuck themselves.

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I want to read this a LOT.

Me too.

For my last birthday, my sister got me a reprint of the first cookbook written and published in the US. (Original from 1790-something, reprint from 1960-something.) It includes a recipe for "calf's head prepared turtle-style."

She got it from some store in Greenwich Village or Chelsea (forgot exactly where) that specializes in old cookbooks. I keep meaning to ask her exactly where the store is, but I fear for my paycheck if I found it.

So. Unmotivated. If anyone is about, please to come by so we can slope off and eat Locopops.