I guess I don't really get it. The article starts with the question: > "Would the entire roll be stretched out twenty feet just to doublecheck the ingredients

I guess I don't really get it. The article starts with the question: > "Would the entire roll be stretched out twenty feet just to doublecheck the ingredients necessary for a dish of blanc manger?" To which I can only think "Of course they didn't do that. Why would anyone use a scroll like that?" The rest of the article seems to mostly be "they didn't use a scroll like that".