Hello!

[Stephen Bloch]

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