SC - I need some advice and dessert recipes

[Micaylah]

Cariadoc said....
>I'm not sure what "dismiss out of hand" means in this context. The fact
>that a recipe is given in _Fabulous Feasts_ is not very good evidence that
>it is period. Neither is the fact that it is given in the Known World
>Handbook, incidentally. If you make such recipes, it is worth making sure
>the people cooking and eating them don't take it for granted that they are
>period recipes, since they probably are not.
>
>It obviously isn't practical to make everything we do in the SCA perfectly
>period. What is practical is to be clear about what things are or are not,
>in order to spread information rather than misinformation. Sources such as
>_Fabulous Feasts_ or the _Known World Handbook_, which imply that recipes
>are period when they are not, make that more difficult, unfortunately.

Because I have set up the menu to avoid the "obvious" faux pas' of bringing
really OOP foodstuffs , I have had to come up with a menu pretty darn
quick. In my original posting I said that it was going to be period and
perioid-like.

I understand completely and agree with what you are saying in respect to
sources and making sure we don't confuse people with what is, or what
isn't, period and documentable. I would never presume to try to pass off
something that is questionable as period or documentable. My whole
endeavour here is to spawn some interest in cooking and then possibly ease
into the "other" side of our craft with the ones who have become interested
in learning more.

So while I have no qualms about using Fabulous Feasts for this type of Pot
Luck I would never use it for a completely and documentable feast. That is
why I don't dismiss this book out of hand.

As well, I plan on documenting all the menu items that are documentable,
thus ensuring that this type of confusion you are citing, doesn't happen.

Thanks David

Micaylah



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