SC - Baconn'd Herring Breakfasts

[Philip & Susan Troy]

> Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 20:56:58 +0000
> From: "Robin Carroll-Mann" <harper at idt.net>
> Subject: Re: SC - Period Breakfasts...

> 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?]

<snip>
 
> Lady Brighid ni Chiarain of Tethba
> Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
> mka Robin Carroll-Mann *** harper @ idt.net

I'm curious as to one thing, as HG Cariadoc mentioned baconned herring
too. I'm working on the assumption here that "baconn'd" means cured and
smoked, or some similar preservative process, rather than being cooked
with bacon, which was also done pretty commonly in places like
Scandinavia, but which would be in violation of the various Church
dietary laws.

Just a thort...

Adamantius
troy at asan.com
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