SC - Cordial cooking
LrdRas@aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Tue Feb 17 18:31:32 PST 1998
And it came to pass on 17 Feb 98, that Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
> There are various accounts of what certain historical figures ate
> shortly after waking up in the morning. Based on these accounts, I'd
> say the most common period breakfast for a noble would be bread and
> ale or wine, depending on locale and pocketbook, accompanied perhaps
> by fresh herring in season, which leads one to deduce that meat may
> have been added when permitted by the Church.
I have some pages photocopied out of _The Northumberland Household
Book_, which contains the household records of an English noble
establishment from 1512. It details what various members of the
household were given for breakfast on fish and flesh days. Here are
a few details, paraphrased.
Breakfasts in Lent:
My Lord and My Lady -- a loaf of bread in trenchers, 2 manchets, a
quart of beer, a quart of wine, 2 pieces of saltfish, 6 "baconn'd"
herrings, 4 white herrings or a dish of sproits [sprats?]
My Lord Percy and Master Thomas Percy -- half a loaf of household
bread, a manchet, a potell of beer, a dish of butter, a piece of
saltfish, a dish of sproits or white herring
My Lord's clerks -- a loaf of bread, a potell of beer, 2 pieces of
saltfish
Breakfasts on flesh days:
My Lord and My Lady -- a loaf of bread in trenchers, 2 manchets, a
quart of beer, a quart of wine, half a "chyne" of mutton or a "chyne"
of boiled beef
My Lord Percy and Master Thomas Percy -- half a loaf of household
bread, a manchet, a potell of beer, a chicken or 3 boiled mutton
bones
My Lord's clerks -- a loaf of bread, a potell of beer, a piece of
boiled beef
I haven't listed all the breakfasts for the different ranks.
Obviously, the higher up, the more items on the menu. Beer and
bread (of varying quality) are the basics that *always* appear. The
stable hands, year round, got beer and household (ie. coarse) bread,
and nothing else.
Lady Brighid ni Chiarain of Tethba
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
mka Robin Carroll-Mann *** harper @ idt.net
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