If we discussed Pigs in a Blanket like we discussed theology TIC!!!



I need to set you all straight.

According to the Manual of Cookery, Book 2, Chapter 7 vs. 11,

"And it shall come to pass that thou shalt prepare pastry and sausage.
And thou shalt encompass the sausage in the pastry and thou shalt
call it "pig in a blanket".



An interesting reference is found in MofC, Book 5, Chapter 8.

"And behold the people joined together in great celebration. And taking from their gardens the leafy cabbage they did boil it and roll it and place the seasoned ground meat within it. And all the people tasted it and said, behold this is good. And all the people, the husbands and wives, their sons and daughters and their son's wives and daughter's husbands did partake as well."




The word translated "encompass" in the first reference is the same as translated "roll" in the second. As a result, some scholars have suggested that both of these refer to the same dish.

Some groups, such as the Crockerites, have based a signficant part of their cooking on this interpretaion. However, more main stream groups such as the Childists have devised a valid system of cooking (still followed in many parts of North America) in which these are seen as two separate dishes.




Yet, full agreement is not evident even among fundamental Childists. Some refuse to use anything but sausage and freshly made pastry, others have brought in a substitutionary cooking method in which wieners and dough are seen as equally valid elements.

We have confusion because various translations have been used down through the years and we bring our own cultural bias to the discussion. As are a result, those who have never tasted these dishes are discouraged from trying them since they see such disunity over key ingredients.

Even more serious...some have departed from these foods and experimented with alternative food sources, such as vegemite.







In an effort to maintain the purity of the PIAB movement, some groups have severely limited individual freedom in food preparation. We call such people "recipeists" for their strict adherence to the recipes as handed down through generations.

I feel that, despite our differences, we should strive, for unity...that more and more people will enter into the true experience of gastronomic delight for which we are intended.

Of course, there are some Crockerites who say that all cooking is equally valid. This is an interesting study and can be found on the Commentary on the MOC, written by Dr. J. L. Hoggsworth in 1911. It must be acknowledge however that some feel his writing is dated and should only be viewed in the light of today's culture.

And of course there are some Childists who say that we have no choice concerning our PIAB leanings. But that is a matter for another debate which we won't go into here.



Barbara Moulton
moulton@aracnet.net
Wed Jul 21 10:44am




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