Subject: Re: Want to know history of cheesecake

From: [email-masked] (Henry Troup)
Date: 9 Jun 93 16:00:58 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Scott
Fisher) writes:

|>The Romans used to mix a cheese like ricotta with honey, eggs, 
|>raisins, almonds, and the like and bake it.  Apicius would be a good
|>place to start looking

It's in the Flower and Greenbaum translation, anyway. It's quite good.
Of course, the crust doesn't use graham crackers.
                  
Henry Troup - [email-masked] (Canada) - BNR owns but does not share my opinions
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