sca-cooks Viking Period Cooking - Looking for Information about

[Sharon L. Harrett]

On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Philip W. Troy wrote:

> Sharon L. Harrett wrote about this:
> 
> > > There's just one problem with the Icelandic Medical Miscellany: while it
> > > appears to have been written (possibly) by an Icelandic author, and
> > > discovered in Iceland, the recipes it contains are believed to have been
> > > acquired by the author while at medical school in one of the great
> > > Southern European centers of learning: I don't remember if it was
> > > Sienna, the Languedoc, or perhaps Spain. I think it was Provence,
> > > though. So, the Miscellany appears actually to be a French cookbook
> > > transported to Iceland.
> > >
> > > Yes, I know life would be much simpler if stuff like this didn't happen,
> > > but what can I say? That's the way the oubley crumbles.
> > >
> > > Adamantius
> > >
> > Hmmmmm, since I only have the one page, I had no idea, other than to take
> > the translator's word. Any ideas on the date of the original? The recipes
> > that I have seem to be somewhat more primitive than my other sources (mostly
> > in the same collection, but I have a few more) BTW, the "Icelandic Chicken"
> > redaction by His Grace has become a favorite feast food down here. :)
> > 
> > Ceridwen
> 
> I just checked on that, and Cariadoc's collection refers to it as 15th
> century, possibly based on a lost 13th-century manuscript. Whether this
> 13th-century manuscript is the original source, I'm not sure.
> 
> Wow...the last time I saw "chicken in a rock" was A.S. XXIV. It was
> based on an English tranlation of the original recipe, and the redaction
> was mine.  In fact, I don't think I had heard the word "redaction" until
> after that.
> 
> But I agree, it's a fine dish.
> 
> Adamantius
> 
Did the same thing... and I think its what prompted my AoA... seriously...
thanks for the info.. I musta missed the fine print.
Ceridwen