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From: jackieg <>
Subject: Re: [Huguenot] Re: Huguenot torte
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 13:27:04 -0500


wrote:
>
> Well lets do it this way have a open forum on every ones feelings today
> only and tell us if they want to share Huguenot related recipes. I will ask
> for all concerned to give a vote and Ill count the votes and see what
> everyone says tonight at 10pm is the deadline to vote.. Marie List Mom
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Dena Sabin <>
> > To: <>
> > Date: 5/3/00 2:42:15 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Huguenot] Re: Huguenot torte
> >
> > I DISAGREE--I think LOTS of people would like to try the Huguenot recipes.
> > When I make bortch, I think of my Polish grandmother and I would love to
> > have some recipes that might have been used by my Huguenot ancestors.
> > If you have "Huguenot recipe" in the subject heading, people who aren't
> > interested in the recipes don't have to read them.
> > I'm an American currently living in Australia and I tried to copy some 50
> to
> > 70 year old Australian recipes and was brought up short by not knowing how
> > much chocolate "a shilling's worth of chocolate" was and how big a
> kerosene
> > tin was, among others. Besides, you don't have to cook something to
> > appreciate a recipe. MANY people READ cookbooks for entertainment. The
> types
> > of food used in the recipes help, I think, to give us a better
> understanding
> > of the daily lives at a certain time period.
> > WHAT DO YOU OTHER LISTERS THINK ABOUT HUGUENOT RECIPES?
> > Dena Rae Sabin
> > ----- Original Message -----
Please let us share the Huguenot related recipes. I like learning more
about other things during the same time period. It helps me understand a
little more about the lives of the people I'm researching.
Jackie

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