sca-cooks - subtleties
gypsy1
gypsy1 at unm.edu
Thu Apr 10 12:38:39 PDT 1997
Mark Schuldenfrei wrote:
>
> [Authenticist alert] We don't do Asia: we do Western Culture. But I
> digress.
>
True enough =8^) I just thought it was a neat factoid! Science is always
turning up something new, and our conception need to change to
incorporate the new, flexing environment of history - history is a
living thing that changes and grows as our perception as well as our
context change in relation to it. But I too digress..
> always challenging them. If your wonderful feast includes a Roast
> Port, or a beef stew like Bruit Vergay, or a salad with dressing or
> broccoli with garlic and lemon (Castelvetro), then the side dishes can
> be neat and interesting.
*chuckle* Why, that's exactly the path I'm taking! :) Besides, I don't
feel like cooking a main dish that will flop - but if people don't like
my parsnip/carrot hash, I'm not as heartbroken :)
Oh, another question - lemons. I'm sure the flavor has changed quite a
bit through selective cultivation - has anyone noticed it changing the
flavors of dishes appreciably, to the point of modifying quantities? I
don't need exact measures - I'm a splash-and-taste cook myself, just
curious.. have herbs and seasonings changed in strengths over the
centuries?
> And, if your true justification for asking about New World foods is to
> "placate the hungry masses" by feeding them familiar foods, then while the
> tone of the responses you got was horrid, they were on target: Just tell
> them that Domino's delivers only to the back of the hall, and spend your day
> feeding good medieval food to those that want to learn something.
*laugh* I can just see it - like guilty teens caught with a can of beer,
they'd sneak out of camp, then back in..
"Hey, is that a pizza box?"
"uh... no, it's my new shield!"
"Hmm.. looks like a pepperoni-and-onion buckler to me!"
> Or not. Given the effort it takes to feed a large number of people, you
> might as well enjoy yourself and do what makes you happy.
- -Eogan, trying to do both-
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