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So delicious! kokekunst: Jeg kunne spise en hel kake av dette...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:29:49 -0400

So delicious!

Jeg kunne spise en hel kake av dette her!

Kommentaren kom fra Bård, etter to munnfuller Corent Sukker Brød. ”Jeg mener det”, la han til. Mer behøver vi kanskje ikke si som reklame for ukens delikate bakverk. Men så var det Alfhild: ”Dette er noe av det beste vi har hatt!” Og Gerd: ”Kan ikke huske vi har fått så god kake her før, jeg!” Kort sagt: en tåkete og grå aprildag ble rene solskinnsopplevelsen innendørs, takket være Åses hjemmekokkelering. Og som om ikke dette var nok, Åse selv: «Og så er den enkel å lage!»

Til alt hell var det akkurat på prøvesmakingsdagen Riksarkivet hadde besøk av en arkivkollega fra Washington DC, USA. Først fikk Meredith se bloggen (synlig begeistret) - dernest ble hun invitert i smakeselskapet. ”Oh, it’s DELICIOUS!” lød dommen (uten protester belønnet med en second helping). Om det minnet om noe bakverk fra USA? Etter ultrakort tenkepause: ”Scones!”

Det er ikke noen dum sammenligning, kom vi til. Men den ukjente scones-formoderen, kan vi kanskje si, som vi her gir deg oppskrift til, er fyldigere i smaken, mer kakete - og i fullformvariant. Mere fest, med andre ord!

Corent Sukker Brød, direkte fra 1814
Tag 1 pund Meel, 1 pund Sukker, 1 pund Corenter, 1 pund Smør, 12 Æg Sukker

Meelet og Smørret røres til sammen i et Steen-Fad de 8te Æg
foruden hviider og de 4re med Hviider et af gangen,
det æltes vel til sammen siden Corenterne i saa kan det haves
i hvad Form man vil.

Og så gjør du så, når du gjør som Åse:

Smør en rund form, 24 cm i diameter, strø med semulegryn.
Til halv porsjon av originalen, én kake, behøver du:

250 g mel
250 g sukker
250 g smør
4 eggeplommer og 2 hele egg
250 g korinter

Smør og sukker røres hvit. Tilsett eggeplommene, bland. Deretter rører du inn ett og ett helt egg, så mel, og korintene.

Fyll deigen i formen, sett på rist nederst i 180 grader varm ovn (vanlig over- og undervarme)

Stek ca. 40 minutter, eventuelt litt kortere, den skal være godt gylden. Prøv med en bakepinne hvis kaka ser ferdig ut før 40 minutter er gått – det skal ikke sitte deig igjen på pinnen. NB: Åses var sprøstekt i kanten, og det var kjempegodt!

Servér til kaffe eller te – nystekt, eller som her: dagen etter. Tåler godt å oppbevares noen dager. Men som antydet: det er ikke sikkert at det blir så mye igjen å oppbevare…

P.S.
De mest observante av dere har kanskje oppdaget at Åse ikke var helt tro mot oppskriften, i måten hun blandet ingrediensene på? Joda: «Jeg glemte helt at melet skulle vært rørt SAMMEN med smøret og sukkeret!» I farta hadde det i stedet gått på automatgir, smør og sukker ble rørt hvitt for seg selv.

Spørsmålet er: kan dette ha hatt betydning for resultatet? Tja, si det. Det er det ingen av kokeklubbens medlemmer som ønsker å mene noe om! For innrømmelsen kom etter at suksessen allerede var et faktum, og for å si det sånn: forsamlingen var overmåte tilfreds med at Åse hadde gjort nøyaktig som hun hadde gjort…

(P.P.S.: Tradisjonstro Åse rører ikke smøret, sukkeret og fortsettelsen for hånd, slik man lett kunne anta: «Det er blitt SÅ mye morsommere å bake etter at kjøkkenmaskinene kom!”)

Så kom igjen - denne må dere bare prøve, folkens!

nprfreshair: Good morning! If only we all had butterflies to...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:10:08 -0500

nprfreshair:

Good morning! If only we all had butterflies to sip our tears.

Sierra:

In Ecuador’s Yasuní National Park, butterflies sip a yellow-spotted river turtle’s tears. The mineral-rich liquid helps the insects reproduce. In exchange, the reptile gets a good eye-cleaning. | Photo by Pete Oxford/Minden Pictures

“So she sat on, with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality.”
—Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

via The Rumpus

Frontier Taggers

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:23:01 -0500

fluxmachine:

riversidearchives: 40 on Forties no. 1 “Women of San Manuel...

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:44:13 -0500

riversidearchives:

40 on Forties

no. 1

“Women of San Manuel Resn. displaying basket work. L to R Isabella Pinno, Mrs. Ray Manuel, Jesusa Manuel”

From the Central Classified Files of the Mission Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. c. 1935.

Photo

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:29:32 -0500

todaysdocument: February is National Bird-Feeding...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:05:33 -0500

todaysdocument:

February is National Bird-Feeding Month:

usnatarchivesexhibits:

“Feed The Birds This Winter…,” ca. 1917 - ca. 1919

Item from the Records of the U.S Food Administration, 1917 - 1920.

todaysdocument: Announcing the National Archives Transcription...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:41:18 -0500

todaysdocument:

Announcing the National Archives Transcription Pilot Project!

You can help the National Archives make historical documents more accessible by contributing to transcriptions!

Transcriptions help in searching for the document as well as in reading and understanding the document. The work you do transcribing a handwritten or typed document will help the next person discover and use that record.

Available documents include letters to a civil war spy, presidential records, suffrage petitions, and fugitive slave case files, and today’s featured document - the Credentials of Hiram Rhodes Revels.

Start Transcribing »

todaysdocument: Edgar Allan Poe: January 18, 1809 - October 7,...

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:08:46 -0500

Enlistment Papers - Edgar A. Perry [Poe]

Enlistment Papers - Edgar A. Perry [Poe]

todaysdocument:

Edgar Allan Poe: January 18, 1809 - October 7, 1849

Pioneering author Edgar Allan Poe joined the Army at the age of 18 in an act of desperation after suffering the strain of surviving on his own for two months without money. This enlistment paper shows that Poe was in Boston when he signed up, that he used a false name, Edgar Perry, and a false age, adding four years to his real age. The paper also described him as being 5 feet 8 inches tall, with brown hair, gray eyes, and a fair complexion.

AWESOME. newsweek: Zooey Deschanel gets happy birthday letters...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:12:56 -0500

AWESOME.

newsweek:

Zooey Deschanel gets happy birthday letters from the President. What can’t this girl do!?

nprfreshair: mushroomsandmosses: Yellow Patches Mushroom...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:10:19 -0500

nprfreshair:

mushroomsandmosses:

Yellow Patches Mushroom (Amanita flavoconia) (by Ron Hanko)

Also on the show today: the history, culture and science behind mushrooms.

coolchicksfromhistory: Russian folk dancing in Van Cortland...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:41:16 -0500

coolchicksfromhistory:

Russian folk dancing in Van Cortland Park, Bronx, New York

Photo

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:54:17 -0500

preservearchives: Preserving Pearl Harbor Documents Damage...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:40:43 -0500

preservearchives:

Preserving Pearl Harbor Documents

Damage varies from record to record, but dirt—a possible combination of sediment carried by the water and soot from the fire—is quite common. Although the records examined so far do not show direct contact with fire, many have burned areas where the paper was in contact with or adjacent to the post hole fasteners used to add pages to the booklets when needed. Not only did these metal fasteners conduct heat to the documents, but their exposure to the high humidity caused corrosion, resulting in rust.

The photo above shows a record of Robert Niven Frizzell, Seaman 2nd Class, who was killed in action Dec. 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor. Record shows burning around post hole fastener and surface dirt. (ARC Series #299693)

Note: This is one in a series of posts on conservation of Pearl Harbor documents.

oldflorida: Spend the morning on Hollywood Beach, it’s...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:33:58 -0500

oldflorida:

Spend the morning on Hollywood Beach, it’s 1918.

(UF Special Collections: P. K. Yonge)

centuriespast: Portable Shrine with an Image of Kannon 19th...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:33:28 -0500

centuriespast:

Portable Shrine with an Image of Kannon

19th century

Japanese

Signed: Sh?ami Katsuyoshi.

The doors are inscribed: “With benevolent eyes he looks at all living things, his blessing is like the sea immeasurable.”

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Big Bird is looking at her and those shoulder...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:08:13 -0500

Big Bird is looking at her and those shoulder pads!!

ourpresidents:

The First Lady can tell you how to get to Sesame Street

Sesame Street premiered on television sets across America on November 10, 1969. Since then, four First Ladies have been guests on the show.

This week is also the anniversary of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the act on November 7 of that year.

Happy birthday to the Muppets and minds that make Sesame Street!

Here’s Hilary Clinton with Big Bird and Rosita in 1993. Can you name the other 3 First Ladies (not including Abigail Bartlet) who have been guests on Sesame Street? What topics would you like to see First Ladies talk about on the show?

I bet my hometown, Phillipsburg, NJ, appears on this map. It...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:07:13 -0500

I bet my hometown, Phillipsburg, NJ, appears on this map. It always does from the 1700s…

todaysdocument:

Annotated Map of the British Colonies in North America with the Roads, Distances, Limits and Extent of the Settlements

On November 19, 1794, American negotiator John Jay signed a “Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation” with Great Britain. The Jay Treaty, as it is commonly known, was intended to settle lingering issues and boundary disputes following the Treaty of Paris which ended the American Revolution. Documents and maps such as this one were needed to settle the disputed northeastern boundary between the United States and Canada.

Dramatic reenactment 1930s style. todaysdocument: “…Coming to...

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:04:49 -0500

Dramatic reenactment 1930s style.

todaysdocument:

“…Coming to the end of a career of crime, Baby Face Nelson…”

As depicted in this cheesy reenactment from YOUR FBI, notorious gangster Lester Joseph Gillis, aka George “Baby Face” Nelson, was killed following a shootout with Federal agents on November 27, 1934.

preservearchives: Preservation at the National Archives is on...

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:45:41 -0500

preservearchives:

Preservation at the National Archives is on Tumblr

Welcome to the Preservation at the National Archives Tumblr blog! We are excited to show off the many ways that the National Archives and Records Administration works to preserve the holdings under our care. Let us know if something piques your interest, or if you have any great ideas for posts. We look forward to hearing from you!

preservation@nara.gov

laughingsquid: Ai Weiwei – “absent” @ Taipei Fine Arts Museum

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:44:24 -0500

laughingsquid:

Ai Weiwei – “absent” @ Taipei Fine Arts Museum