ES - Fw: Collations in History

[Chris and Anne House]

I posted this to rec.org.sca and will filter the responses I get back to
you.

Kiriandra


-----Original Message-----
From: Sweetsheep <sweetsheep at aol.com>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
To: Kiriandra <housec at nova1.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: Collations in History


>>>Greetings from Willow<BR>
>>>Hii everybody  I have been doing research on Balls and dancing and
have<BR>
>>>discovered a new eating custom I haven't noticed before. It was called
a<BR>
>>>Collation in France. It appears to be a sweet table but there is a<BR>
>>>mention of liqueurs being served at it.. This meal occurred after the<BR>
>>>dinner and in a separate room. My resources don't tell me more about
>>this<BR>
>>>custom. Do you have any info on Collations? I would like to know what<BR>
>>>kind of sweets and cold food were served and how were they served.
Did<BR>
>>>Collations take place in other areas and if they were called anything<BR>
>>>else.<BR>
>>>If you know of anyone who does research on food customs please pass
the<BR>
>>>question on. I do not have web access.<BR>
>>>Thank you<BR>
>>>Willow<BR>
>
>
>I hope that you will see that Willow gets this --
>
>You didn't mention the time period of the collations in France, but in
>Elizabethan England (second half of the sixteenth century) there was a
similar
>custom referred to as "Banqueting."  Banquets were just deserts and high
cost
>nibblies, with a variety of liquors and spiked beverages.  Banquets were
>usually only served to the people at the high table or to a select list of
>invited individuals.  Banquets were always served in a separate room,
usually
>in a separate building in the garden called the Banquet House, or if a very
>grand manor - the Banquet Hall.
>
>I don't know anything about the collations in France, but I would love to
know
>if there is a connection between the two (as it seems there must be).
Email me
>privately, if you like, and I can send you what I have on banquets.  This
could
>make for a great multi-cultural project!!!!
>
>Dulcia MacPherson
>Barony of Wyvernwood
>Kingdom of Trimaris

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