SC - pre-1500 cookery

[Christi Redeker]

Philip wrote:

>I have not accepted that Medieval cooking is nasty, but I >must admit I've gotten very tired of "feasts" where one >course/remove/etc. is undercooked chicken served in iits >own semi-gelled grease, with no spices, or very few, >because in one case (a lady who was studting to become >a "professional" cook), "they didn't use many spices in >period", than which, we all know better, I hope. The other >courses/removes all seemed to involve bread, cheese, >and badly cooked rice, with sickeningly sweet desserts >and soggy vegetables mixed in betwixt and between. I >KNOW people in "period" had to eat better than this, I've >?seen descriptions of period feasts and lovely things like >hunter's stews, and since I got on the cook's list, I've found
>that people here actually know what good food is and work >hard at preparing it, but you couldn't prove it by the first >few feasts I was exposed to. The only reason I kept trying >to eat that crap was convenience and being sociable. I still >take a couple hard-boiled eggs with me to feasts just in >case, although since then I've found more edible feasts  >though the deadly chicken is still served)..

To which I say, ack.......   You need a revolution there, where ever you are!  I say throw those people out of the kitchen, make a glorious feast and give them the documentation to prove that everything is wonderfully period!  

Murkial
(stepping off the soapbox to hide back under the rock)
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