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mmcnealyI've just spent the last few days making up a chart of measurement conversions using Universal Dictionary of Weights and The merchants' handbook.
Never thought I'd be converting American bushels circa 1850 to metric to find out how much a Vierling from 1553 might be worth. Its been an interesting study in measurements to say the least! I'll be publishing it in March, after KASF.
The good news is that with the new amounts of honey, sugar and flour: the recipe works!
The bad news? The spices. I've posted the ingredient amounts below, and let me just tell you, that much clove and cardamom in one batch of cookies is horrible! Blech and nasty!
I assumed that a "lot" was the same as a "lott". I'm now thinking that "lott" might be short hand for a smaller measurement amount, like T and t in American recipes.
The original recipe in Middle High German
151 Gút lezelten zú bachen
Nim am ersten ain pfúnd zúcker, ain qúertlin geleúterts
honig, nit gar ain fiertellin mell/ nim 5 lot rerlen, 3 lott negellen,
4 lott kerner/ gestossen, die andere wirtz schneid
aúffs klainest, die rerlen aúfs grebest gestosen, thú jmber
aúch darein/ vnnd thú zúcker in das honig, lasß es mitainander
sieden, thús mell jn ain múolter, geúsß die kerner am
ersten ein, darnach den jmber vnnd dan die andern wirtzen.
Next version I will be using significantly less clove and cardamom.
Never thought I'd be converting American bushels circa 1850 to metric to find out how much a Vierling from 1553 might be worth. Its been an interesting study in measurements to say the least! I'll be publishing it in March, after KASF.
The good news is that with the new amounts of honey, sugar and flour: the recipe works!
The bad news? The spices. I've posted the ingredient amounts below, and let me just tell you, that much clove and cardamom in one batch of cookies is horrible! Blech and nasty!
I assumed that a "lot" was the same as a "lott". I'm now thinking that "lott" might be short hand for a smaller measurement amount, like T and t in American recipes.
The original recipe in Middle High German
151 Gút lezelten zú bachen
Nim am ersten ain pfúnd zúcker, ain qúertlin geleúterts
honig, nit gar ain fiertellin mell/ nim 5 lot rerlen, 3 lott negellen,
4 lott kerner/ gestossen, die andere wirtz schneid
aúffs klainest, die rerlen aúfs grebest gestosen, thú jmber
aúch darein/ vnnd thú zúcker in das honig, lasß es mitainander
sieden, thús mell jn ain múolter, geúsß die kerner am
ersten ein, darnach den jmber vnnd dan die andern wirtzen.
Ingredient list with new metric amounts, I made a half batch.
| Recipe 151 | Recipe in English, original amounts | Amounts in metric |
| ain qúertlin geleúterts honig | One quart of clear honey | 0.35696335 liter honey |
| ain pfúnd zúcker | One pfund sugar | 0.472096 kg sugar |
| ain fiertellin mell | One viertellin flour | 0.200674715 liter |
| 5 lot rerlen | 5 loth cinnamon | 73.765 g cinnamon |
| 3 lott negellen | 3 loth clove | 44.259 g clove |
| 4 lott kerner/ gestossen | 4 loth cardamom | 59.012 g cardamom |
| jmber | ginger | ginger |
Next version I will be using significantly less clove and cardamom.
