sca-cooks Re: [ck] Gode Kokery

[Mark Schuldenfrei]

A couple of cooks, Michael F. Gunter included, wrote:
> 
> >
> > I'd like to try some medieval fish recipes and this sounds good.
> >
> 
> I was planning on making waffres at Coronation but they got changed to something
> else in the planning process.  Waffres are basically a tuna or salmon mousse in
> pastry.  I'm hoping to do them at my dream "small intimate feast of 200.
> 
> > Unfortunately, since I am in Ansteorra I am unlikely to ever get fish at
> > a feast. (meat is good. vegatables are what meat eats. fish is just
> > another vegatable. etc.)
> >
> 
> I'm hoping to do some fish dishes in the future, but it's just so expensive!
> 
> > Anyone have any good recipes using salted fish? I've never had any and
> > since that was a staple in parts of medieval europe, I'd like to try
> > some.
> >
> Once again something that was going into Coronation but was cut because my source
> of salt cod was going for $8 a pound!
> 
> > Stefan li Rous
> >
> 
> 
> I can give you some recipes later if you wish.
> 
> Yers,
> 
> Gunthar

How recently was the price of $8/lb quoted? It wouldn't have been right
before Easter, would it? You might consider checking it again. Also, for
what it's worth, a pound of salt cod, soaked to desalt, weighs in at
around two and a quarter pounds before cooking.

Adamantius, whose Province includes the Fulton Fish Market.