SC - Period Dairying, Etc.

[Elise Fleming]

Greetings.   For the person looking for information on period dairy 
practices and cheesemaking try _The English Housewife_ by Gervase 
Markham, 1615.  There is a good edition out by Michael Best, 
McGill-Queen's University Press, 1986, ISBN 0-7735-0582-2.  He has a 
chapter on the practices that a good housewife should follow.  While I 
don't believe there are "recipes" per se he does mention certain types 
of cheeses and what one should do with the whey, curds, etc.

There is also another fascinating book, _The Country House Kitchen, 
1650-1900_, edited by Sambrook and Brears.  While the dates indicate 
OOP, this book takes some of the manors belonging to England's National 
Trust and details the architectural plans and layout of the kitchens 
and related rooms.  Tucked in with all the OOP material are references 
to period practices.  There are numerous references to dairies and 
dairying.  I don't know where one might find the book.  It is esoteric 
enough that most public libraries wouldn't have it and expensive enough 
that most SCAers wouldn't have it.  I have a copy, but then, I'm single 
and a pack rat for books!  If there's something specific - dairy 
layout, items needed for a "perfect" dairy or dairyroom, post me and I 
will send what I can find, time willing.

Alys Katharine
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