Goosberry Fool
Old Elizabethan Dessert RecipeGoosberry Fool | To make a Goosberry Fool
Take a Pint and an half of Goosberries clean picked from the stalks, put them into a Skillet with a Pint and half of fair Water, scald them till they be very tender, then bruise them well in the Water, and boil them with a Pound and half of fine Sugar till it be of a good thickness, then put to it the Yolks of six Eggs and a Pint of Cream, with a Nutmeg quartered, stir these well together till you think they be enough, over a slow fire, and put it into a Dish, and when it is cold, eat it |
Goosberry Fool Old Elizabethan Dessert Recipe
The above Old dessert recipe for Goosberry Fool is written in totally different way to today's recipe books! There were no lists of ingredients - these were included as part of the text Food and ingredient measurements were extremely basic - quantities were not often specified! Temperature control was difficult and therefore not specified! Cooking times were vague - and left to the cook to decide! It was assumed that the reader would already have some knowledge of cooking
The History of the Recipe Book Some of the language might be referred to as 'Olde English' The art of cooking and the recipe was passed verbally from one generation to the next The first printed book ever to be published in English was in 1474! Most Elizabethan women were unable to read! The idea of a Recipe Book was an entirely new concept The first Recipe Books to be printed in England which included many old Elizabethan and Medieval recipes were called: 1545 - 'A Propre new booke of Cokery' 1588 - 'The Good Huswifes Handmaid for Cookerie in her kitchen' 1596 - 'The Good Hyswife's Jewell' 1610 'Mrs. Sarah Longe her Receipt Booke'
Goosberry Fool Old Elizabethan Recipe
The above Old recipe is taken from the book by Hannah Woolley (1622-1675) printed at the White Lion in Duck-Lane, near West-Smithfield, London in 1672 and entitled: The Queen-like Closet
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