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穿越古今的奶油泡芙 　　奶油泡芙，一?N可以让你一口吞下的美味，从中世纪到现代，从宫廷到民间，它穿越而来，带着哪些故事呢？ 　　The Mystery of the History of Cream Puffs 　　Many cooks and pastry chefs passed recipes along by word of mouth. Recipes might be called one thing in France and another in England， one thing in the queenapos；s kitchen and another in the mayorapos；s. This makes it difficult to trace the history of cream puffs and mixes myth with fact. 　　One myth surrounding the history of cream puffs is that they were invented by Catherine de Mediciapos；s cook. Catherine de Medici， daughter of the famous Renaissance Italian family of Medicis， was the queen of France. Legends surrounding the history of the cream puff credit Catherineapos；s cook at the royal court of France with inventing this tasty dessert. Because Catherine was a patroness1） of the arts， many assume that her high taste in art ran to high art in the kitchen. 　　Unfortunately， this myth is probably just that―a myth. While Catherine most certainly enjoyed delicate pastries， her cook did not invent puff pastries nor did he invent the cream puff. The ancestor of the cream puff can be traced back to the Middle Ages. 　　Cheese Pastries 　　Long before Catherine de Mediciapos；s cook set foot on French soil， cooks during the 13th century in southern Germany and France had created puff pastries filled with rich cheese mixtures. Pastry dough was cooked in a hot oven until it puffed， then sliced open and cheese inserted. The warm pastry melted the cheese center. Herbs were often added for additional flavoring. 　　French Pastry 　　During the same time Catherine was queen in Renaissance France， pastry chefs throughout France and England had begun to experiment with dough mixtures of flour， water， fat and egg. The mixture goes by the name choux pastry2）. Itapos；s a simple mixture with delightful results： when it puffs， it creates an airy hole in the center which can be filled with sweet or savory filling. 　　Recipes for cream buns3） called pate feuillettée in France a