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圣誕餅干和姜餅小人兒究竟是怎么來(lái)的？
By the Middle Ages, the Christmas holiday had overtaken solstice rituals throughout much of present-day Europe. However, the old feast traditions remained. The pastry world was experiencing some amazing changes. Spices like
nutmeg
, cinnamon and black pepper were just starting to be widely used, and dried exotic fruits like
citron
,
apricots
and dates added sweetness and
texture
to the dessert tray.
These items, along with ingredients like sugar,
lard
and butter, would have been prized as expensive delicacies by medieval cooks. Only on the most important holiday could families afford treats like these. And unlike pies or cakes, cookies could be easily shared and given to friends and neighbors.
Though cookies have come a long way since medieval times, some things haven’t changed. Many Christmas cookies are still heavily spiced. We think of “traditional” Christmas flavors like cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.
Gingerbread is a classic Christmas cookie, and yet it’s also a cookie that would have tasted
strikingly
similar back in the Middle Ages. These cooks would not have made gingerbread men, however. The first person to try that was none other than Queen Elizabeth I of England, who had the cookie
molded
into the shapes of her favorite courtiers.
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