SC - Late-period is NOT Medieval

John and Barbara Enloe jbenloe at mindspring.com
Wed Oct 22 20:39:27 PDT 1997


>Since the cooking techniques and ingredients available as well as seasoning
>were drastically altared during the late period (circa 1500 C.E.) these
>recipes and ingredients are certainly not, IMHO, typical of Medieval Cookery
>and cannot be seen as belonging to the Middle Ages except by an extreme

>End of rant.
>
>al-Sayyid Ras
>>

However, the period from 1500 to 1600ce IS part of the time period used by
the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., therefore can be used for
documentation purposes, not just when it is convenient, but all the time.
So potatoes are within period for the SCA.

                            Jon

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