Pennsic cooking again
Stephen Bloch
sbloch at adl15.adelphi.edu
Wed Apr 9 09:26:12 PDT 1997
Angie Capozello wrote:
> .... I'm currently a fairly good cook, but have not
> done much research into medieval foods until now. Two things I am
> interested in learning more about are camp cooking - any recipes for
> pennsic I can get!
My wife recently wrote an article on this subject; take a look at
http://www.adelphi.edu/~sbloch/sca/cooking/camp.cooking.html.
> And also, I'd like to know what sort of spices, herbs
> and veggies were grown in the typical medieval kitchen garden (if they had
> them - I'm sure they didn't buy everything at the market). I'd love to
> start my own garden so I can have fresh foods when I'm experimenting with
> a new recipe.
I recently read a fascinating book on reconstructing medieval gardens,
written by a lady who does it professionally at historical sites in
Great Britain. I'll look up the bibliographic information when I get
home.
mar-Joshua ibn-Eleazar ha-Shalib
Stephen Bloch
sbloch at panther.adelphi.edu
http://www.adelphi.edu/~sbloch/
Math/CS Dept, Adelphi University
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