Nun's puffs
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Nun's puffs (also known less
.Description
The recipe is included in an 1856 "cook book" and
The dessert has been described as "light tender morsels" that are "heavenly".
Etymology
The similarly-named French-Canadian dessert pets de sœurs (literally "farts of [religious] sisters") is sometimes confused with this dessert, but actually is a completely different pastry.
The lightness of
A certain butter mixture is called "nun's butter", made with butter, sugar, wine and nutmeg.[9] Nun's farts are one of several foods that reference the church (others include nun's sighs, Religieuse (pastry), La religieuse (the cheese crust that forms at the bottom of a fondue pot), Cappuccino, angel food cake, cardinal mousse, hermit's food, twelfth-night cake, scripture cake, Christmas cake, Quaker cake, Jerusalem pudding, Jésuite and devil's food cake).[10]
See also
References
- ^ [1] The household encyclopedia Published 1859 Original from Oxford University Digitized Jun 10, 2008 page 257
- ^ Hannah Widdifield Hannah Widdifield Widdifield's new cook book; or, Practical receipts for the housewife Peterson, 1856 Original from the New York Public Library Digitized Aug 7, 2008 410 pages page 181
- ^ ISBN 978-0-696-22732-5pages 639 Better Homes and Gardens page 126
- ^ a b Mrs. C. M. Crawford Houston Civic Club cook book Authors Houston Civic Club (Houston, Tex.), Publisher s.n., 1906 Original from the New York Public Library Digitized Jul 22, 2008 128 pages
- ^ a b Mary Stuart Smith Virginia cookery-book (from a South Carolina lady) Compiled by Mary Stuart Smith Harper, 1912 Original from Harvard University Digitized Jun 29, 2007 352 pages page 29
- ^ a b Harold McGee [2] On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen page 552
- ^ REDISCOVER GREAT HOME- BAKING Architecture v. 63, nos. 1-6 - 1985 Better homes and gardens
- ^ [Housekeeping in old Virginia: containing contributions from two hundred and fifty of Virginia's noted housewives, distinguished for their skill in the culinary art and other branches of domestic economy] Compiled by Marion Cabell Tyree Favorite Recipes Press, 1965 Original from the University of Michigan Digitized Aug 28, 2009 528 pages
- ^ [3] page 135
- ISBN 978-0-8122-3587-6Length 276 pages page 66