When was pavlova invented

A large proportion of these immigrants settled in the mid-west of America where Wood and Utrecht began picking up pockets of these recipes. They followed misspellings as well, finding the same desserts with such names as Charm Cake from the schaum torte. Another common cake in America around the s was Forgotten Cake, essentially a meringue put in the oven at a high temperature then the oven is turned of and the meringue is left for eight hours.

So if I was to make you one of those, you would not be able to tell the difference between that and a pav. Whilst one avenue of research followed the desserts, another looked at foods named after the dancer. They found a French recipe for "frogs legs a la Pavlova", no doubt referring to Pavlova's ballerina's pins. Like there is a recipe for a dish named after Anna Pavlova and nobody knows about it. Strawberries Pavlova was first mentioned in Four weeks later, it turned up in Oamaru.

Given both cities are port towns, their logical deduction was that the dish was travelling on a cruise liner. They believe they may have found an "ornate meringue dish" on the Titanic menu. It would send chills up your spine," Utrecht says. Their database continues to grow and now features variations on pavlova and "anything vaguely meringue-like", including references from cookbooks and magazines to menus and community church notices.

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