Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Historic Bread Recipes?

I am looking for bread recipes that were popular for specific cultures during specific time periods.





Right now I need a Spanish bread recipe that was popular (or at least used) around the 1490s.





I also need an African recipe from 1500s.





I also need an English recipe for the 1600s





THANK YOU for any help with any of these recipes!Historic Bread Recipes?
England, 15th century


http://www.godecookery.com/mtrans/mtrans鈥?/a>





Spain 14 century: (not bread)


http://www.tienda.com/recipes/arrozconco鈥?/a>





also take a look at the site list of this site;


http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=17th鈥?/a>





http://www.afrol.com/archive/food_staple鈥?/a>Historic Bread Recipes?
This might help you out.


http://www.foodtimeline.org/
Africa is a big place, do you need a recipe from any specific area?





Flat-breads have been around since querns were invented in Egypt circa 10,000-8000 B.C.E. Sourdough bread from Egypt is extant from about 3000 B.C.E.





Also, 1500 is about the time maize was introduced to Africa. Do you want maize recipes?





Edit: Pita bread is generally thought to have come from Egypt and the Middle East thousands of years ago, and is still eaten today. Ergo, pita bread would have been eaten in the 1500s.





Also, shortly after the introduction of maize to the continent, different cornbreads began to appear, some all corn and cornflour and some with mixtures of flour, especially wheat and corn. (Cornmeal porridge was and is also a dietary staple in some parts of Africa.)





The first link below is for one recipe for pita bread, there are many more. All of those that I've found have been updated for modern cooks, so it is a recipe for a food eaten in Egypt in the 1500s, not a recipe from the 1500s.





The second land third links are for Mealie Bread (or Mieliebrood), a sweet corn bread from South Africa. These are typical of the corn bread recipes I've seen posted as being traditional recipes from South Africa. (Though steaming the bread in a empty can rather than a cooking pot would not be typical of the 1500s, of course.)

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