[Northkeep] Missing Practice.

[Alexandre Crane]

My dream is ruined.

I'm gonna go cry into a meat and pumpkin pie now.

-L. Alexandre C.


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Chuck Kaun <jack_a_lope31 at hotmail.com>wrote:

> I hate to tell you this Ian but cakes, pies and puddings the way we are
> used to them are not period.
>
> In period, cakes were not moulded in pans and in general were not really
> all that sweet.  Pies were mostly savory and tended to be mainly meat
> filled.  Puddings were also semi sweet at best as well.  Sugar was a highly
> expensive import so honey was the sweetener used.
>
> This means that desserts that are period tend to be mainly based on fruits
> and honey.
>
> Not trying to burst anyones bubble because there are medieval dessert
> recipes out there, just we have a lot sweeter tooth than our ancestors did.
>
> Karl
>
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 13:54:40 -0600
> > From: jherring68 at gmail.com
> > To: northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org
> > Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Missing Practice.
> >
> > I do like where Lady Aurelia is headed with this, but since real dessert
> > chocolates are post period I might suggest a romantic sweets contest.
> > Pudding, Cakes and Pie!
> >
> > Kindly
> > Ian
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