Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 29, 2016

The Farmes

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The farmes (cleaned intestines) are kept in salt-water in a salt-glazed crock until it is time to gather the entire length on the tube end of the tin sausage funnel.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 28, 2016

Three Pond and a Loot

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For the receipt (recipe) To make Pig’s Sausages translated by Peter Rose from De Verstandage Kock (The Sensible Cook), the first directions are to Take three pond of chopped Meat, two Nutmegs, a loot Pepper not too finely crushed and a handful of salt.  Pictured is the three pounds of pork with two nutmegs grated and the loot (about 14 grams) of coarse ground pepper.        Visit my website at:   www.hearttohearthcookery.com

 

Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 25, 2016

Sausage-The Dutch Way

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On my table are the makings for two sausage receipts (recipes): To make Pig’s Sausages and To make Beef-sausages.  Pepper and nutmeg for both with tin grater and brass mortar and pestle and sage for the beef-sausage to be cooked fresh and not hung in the smoke.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 21, 2016

Millefruit Biscuits and More

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The table is presented with two reproduction porcelain zongs of the receipt (recipe) Millefruit Biscuits (see previous posts) with  hand-blown sweetmeat dishes filled with candied angelica, clove comfits, almond comforts and caraway comfits.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 20, 2016

A Rock in a Zong

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After the receipt (recipe) for Millefruit Biscuits have be baked on three papers in an oven not too hot (slack),  let them be cold before you take them off, and they will be like a piece of a rock.  The “rocks” are displayed in a reproduction blue and white porcelain zong.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 17, 2016

To Dry the Iceing

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The trick in the baking of the receipt (recipe) Millefruit Biscuits was to let your oven not be too hot, only just to dry the iceing.  With the iceing prepared from whites of egg, sugar and orange flower water, my concern was that the biscuits would brown which I did not want.  The tin of biscuits was placed in a very slack oven.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 15, 2016

Cochineal Bugs

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The cochineal colour brushed on the receipt (recipe) for Millefruit Biscuits, came from my tin of cochineal scales (Dactylopius coccus).  The scales, which live on the prickly cactus,  produce carminic acid (a red dye) to repel their predator ants.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 14, 2016

Take a Little Brush

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After you chuse the size and drop the Millefruit Biscuit batter on a baking tin with three papers, the receipt (recipe) directs to take a little brush and touch them here and there with a little cochineal colour, it will make them look well. I decided to add three small lines of the red cochineal with my brush made from part of a goose feather, wood, and squirrel hair.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 12, 2016

Paper and Chuse Size

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In preparation of baking the receipt (recipe) for Millifruit Biscuits, the directions are to paper your plate with three papers, and make them what size you chuse.  I used one of my tin baking sheets and placed three papers on it prior to dropping the biscuits with a reproduction pewter spoon.

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Posted by: hearttohearthcookery | February 9, 2016

Put Into Iceing

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Once the iceing has been prepared for the receipt (recipe) Millefruit Biscuits, the cut pieces of preserved orange peel, angelico, preserved lemon peel and almonds are put  into it.

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