Using Vintage Cook Books
Old cook books help to recreate recipes from earlier periods in time. The language used in old cook books is generally difficult to follow. It consists of terms such as ‘grown flour’ (which means, flour that has got spoiled due to dampness and cannot be used to make bread) barm (means dough which is made sour by adding fermented beer). Terms used for measurements such as ‘wine glass’, ‘gills and ‘tumblers’ make it difficult for a contemporary person to understand.
