sca-cooks Farmgirls Version

[Christi Redeker]

> I eat the Dean Ornish diet...  Strict vegetarian (except for skim milk
> products) and less than 10 grams of fat a day.  No nuts, oil or butters,
> avocado (New World, feh) etcetera.
> 
> At events, I tend to eat modern food, on period plates.  Actually, I tend to
> wolf my dinner fast before others eat, and spend my meals serving these
> days.
> 
> I've found a few period recipes I can adapt, but they taste poorly that way.

A few weeks ago the University that pays my salary held a health fair,
including a "Healthy Desserts Contest".  I entered a recipe my wife and
I had recently worked out for our Catalan feast:

"Figues alla francesa".
Take a bunch of figs (ideally a mix of white and black), stem them but
leave them otherwise whole, steam them in white wine for half an hour
or so, then add spices (we used cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper, etc.)
Serve all by itself (or, if you're in the 20th century, pour hot over
vanilla ice cream).

Not only did it go over well at the feast, but it took second
place at the mundane contest.  Zero fat, zero animal products, and
extremely simple to make.
						Steve / Joshua