SC - A Real Siege Cook Challenge

[Mark Schuldenfrei]

  That's pretty much it. My comments on the shopping list are simply
  these: 
  
  This is Savoy and there's no goose fat? I'm thinking of cheating and
  trading in some of my oil or fat ration for some, since I believe even
  then it was the Savoyard fat of choice. Can I get 1 pint olive oil, 1/2
  pound lard and 1/2 pound goose fat, please? Is this permissible? If not
  I'll choose half oil and half lard. If I have to go with all oil or
  lard, I'll go with oil, but you're mean and rotten, Tibor ;  ) .

I'm a mean and rotten Tibor, and you can use whatever fat you like.
  	
  This is Savoy and there's only one head of garlic?

Yeah OK.

As I'd alluded: making a list of period ingredients (from memory) and trying
to keep it within a reasonable region, and not dictate the recipes, was
ROUGH.  And very edifying.

That was one of the two reasons I wrote so many "cook's choice" items into
the list.  The other reason was that with the presence or absence of just
ONE ingredient, you can change the entire menu.

I'd urge everyone to try and think about what sort of list YOU could make:
one that didn't contain anything foolish, and which doesn't constrain the
cook too much (everyone makes Blanc Mange) and yet is narrow enough to
challenge.

It was hard. I'm very glad for the feedback.

Actually, another fun exercise, that I thought about a few years ago: take a
modern recipe that is "period compatible" and reverse it into a period style
recipe, without going too crazy.

I'm rambling and disconnected today.... (too much cold medicine: I'm sick as
a dog).  Did anyone else catch the "humorous" article in the latest Serve It
Forth?  The one from Baron Steffan and Countess Elspeth, that was a spoof on
fast food?  The original article appeared in "Not Necessarily The
Pikestaff", and Eastern fundraiser that spoofed our newsletter.  Both
versions are very funny.

The article attempts to falsify period documents and notes for a Burger,
Fries and Strawberry Shake, in a period style.  I exploded when I read about
the BurgerKoenigsMuseum.  (:-)

	Tibor
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