No.158847[Reply]
All around the world, people have devised delicious concoctions throughout the centuries… pies, cakes, cookies, pastries, dumplings, and all sorts of exciting delicious baked goods, traditional and contemporary. Here's a thread for posting about the cooking traditions and culture of the world!
But especially desserts.
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No.158851
From the elite circles of the early post-revolution era US comes the variety of Great Cake associated with Martha Washington, but cooked by her slaves. This was a dense, spiced fruit cake. An olden transcription of the recipe included:
"a peck of flour, three quarters of a pound of sugar, three pounds of melted butter, and seven pounds of currants. Added to these ingredients were four grated nutmegs, cloves, cinnamon, mace, caraway seeds, water, and salt. Other ingredients included yeast derived from barm (the foam that rises to the top of fermented liquor), and liquid derived from posset, a warm mixture of ale and cream."And later varieties have included Madeira wine and brandy as ingredients. I can't say it doesn't look tasty!
https://www.mountvernon.org/inn/recipes/article/great-cake>>
No.158852
The Chinese Mooncake, traditionally eaten around the Mid-Autumn Festival, is probably one of the most famous of eastern Asian sweet baked goods. Per Wiki,
"a traditional Cantonese mooncake is a round pastry, measuring about 10 cm (4 in) in diameter and 3–4 cm (1+1⁄4–1+1⁄2 in) thick, with a rich, thick filling usually made from lotus seed paste (other typical fillings include red bean paste or mixed nuts) surrounded by a thin, 2–3 mm (approximately 1/8 of an inch) crust and may contain yolks from salted duck eggs." These come in multiple varieties, and they look delicious!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooncake>>
No.158866
>>158852These things are so fucking dense, they're basically lembas bread from lotr. If you get one around Chinese New Year, resist the urge to shove the whole thing into your fat American mouth. Cut it up and share it.
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No.158876
>>158866Thanks for the advice, they look so fukken delicious!