Wendelin Irslinger wrote: > (what is a "lard size of an egg"?) "lard" is Schweinefett About the size of an egg would be about 2 tablespoons. (2 Esselöffel?) "allspice" is (I think) Piment. > really with flour but no baking? Not such an unusual thing. The flour is used to "tighten" the mass. As such, it's probably only a small amount -- not like a cake or cookie. Cornstarch (Maisstärke) would probably work as well without the pasty flavor. However, with the baking soda in it, I would expect that all the spices and flour would be added to the hot syrup. That would foam a little and produce something akin to a brittle (like peanut brittle or almond brittle) except it would be quite soft and sticky. (I have no idea how to translate the candy name "brittle".) Kneading and pulling it would produce something like taffy (Schmeichelei?). --Bill

I have been listening with great expectations as to the outcome. I was going to ask about another German receipt for a pastry that my grandmother use to make when I was child. (60 years ago) But I believe I will wait until this issue gets resolved first. But this has all the ingredience of something that needs to be baked....... Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Schindler" <bill@bitranch.com> To: <deu-bad-ortenau@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 2:42 PM Subject: Re: [Ortenau] Help with a recipe Wendelin Irslinger wrote: > (what is a "lard size of an egg"?) "lard" is Schweinefett About the size of an egg would be about 2 tablespoons. (2 Esselöffel?) "allspice" is (I think) Piment. > really with flour but no baking? Not such an unusual thing. The flour is used to "tighten" the mass. As such, it's probably only a small amount -- not like a cake or cookie. Cornstarch (Maisstärke) would probably work as well without the pasty flavor. However, with the baking soda in it, I would expect that all the spices and flour would be added to the hot syrup. That would foam a little and produce something akin to a brittle (like peanut brittle or almond brittle) except it would be quite soft and sticky. (I have no idea how to translate the candy name "brittle".) Kneading and pulling it would produce something like taffy (Schmeichelei?). --Bill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEU-BAD-ORTENAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message