tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post5714923366877760026..comments2024-03-06T09:43:09.476+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: Election CakeThe Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-15486778591719087152007-06-11T17:13:00.000+10:002007-06-11T17:13:00.000+10:00Hello Scott - I think it is more that I have colle...Hello Scott - I think it is more that I have collected a lot of information (otherwise known as "stuff") and I seem to have a knack of being able to find what I want fairly quickly. I dont know about the dedication bit - it is more escapism I think!The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-83048054144536555082007-06-11T00:27:00.000+10:002007-06-11T00:27:00.000+10:00Note to the Old Foodie: How do you keep doing it ...Note to the Old Foodie: How do you keep doing it each and every day? Always something new and interesting - I could only wish to have this knowledge and dedication - well done!Scott at Real Epicureanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935102352822407092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-65251637391925926432007-06-08T11:41:00.000+10:002007-06-08T11:41:00.000+10:00Hi T.W. I dont know much about Independence Cake -...Hi T.W. I dont know much about Independence Cake - apart from the recipe you mention from Simmons, and in a few other books. Another project!<BR/><BR/>Roger - I assume it is coriander seed as it appears in other recipes for similar cakes in the book. A typo I suspectThe Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-29133603884271915092007-06-08T09:30:00.000+10:002007-06-08T09:30:00.000+10:00Is colander seed coriander? OED does not help wit...Is colander seed coriander? OED does not help with this one, beyond the medieval Latin word "coliandrum" in the earliest, mid-13th c. citation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-16148364966232466802007-06-08T07:10:00.000+10:002007-06-08T07:10:00.000+10:00I was familiar with the Hartford CT connection, bu...I was familiar with the Hartford CT connection, but did not realize that the tradition actually goes back to colonial military drills. Quite fascinating! Have you come across anything about "Independence Cake?" It's in a later edition of Simmons.T.W. Barritt at Culinary Typeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08707931838240978818noreply@blogger.com