Re: French and German (jara: An introduction)

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 02:02:43AM +1000, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> To understand anything written more than about two-hundred years ago,
> you require education; to read things more than about a hundred years
> old, comprehension is slowed down.
Really? I have no problem with Twain, and never have. And this sample
from Mrs Mary Eales's Receipts (1733) doesn't quite require education,
beyond knowing that the long-s (s1 in this ASCII version) is an s; it's
slow reading, and might require a dictionary for some of the food terms,
but no more then any cook book read by a non-cook.

To dry CHERRIES in Bunches.

Take Kentis1h Cherries, or Morella, and tye them in Bunches with a
Thread, about a Dozen in a Bunch; and when you have dry'd your other
Cherries, put the Syrup that they come out of to your Bunches; let
them jus1t boil, cover them clos1e, the next Day s1cald them; and when
they are cold, lay them in Sieves in a cool Oven; turn them, and
heat the Oven every Day 'till they are dry.


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