SC - Jellies vs. aspics

[geneviamoas at juno.com]

On Sat, 6 Jun 1998 22:40:25 EDT LrdRas at aol.com writes:
 Also with a limited amount of fruit and no expectation 
>of
> more until next year if then,
>
>
>Second, I don't understand what you mean by a "limited" amount of 
>fruit.
>>>>>>>>I guess I'm guilty of timism or some such thing. Today we have
access to fresh fruit from around the world all year long and are not
restricted to this harvest this year at this time in this place. Not
being familiar with agriculture bigger than a quarter acre garden I'm
afraid I have no concept of just how much food can be grown on a farm
using period methods. Also some of the listed requirements for a feast
sound like massive quantities to me. 
Thanks for the reality check,
genevia

>Remember this was an agricultural society. 500 bushels of apples would 
>be a
>low conservative guestament of the production of a moderate land 
>holding.
>These were eaten fresh, dried, and preserved in other ways. My family 
>had a
>farm and we raised enough food for  a family of 8 on a 30 cow farm so 
>we only
>had to go to the store once a month for staples such as sugar and 
>flour.
>Alternatively it only takes 6 current bushes in good health to provide 
> enough
>fruit for that size of a family. When thinking about the Middle Ages 
>we must
>always remember that their culture was based on agriculture. :-)
>
>Ras
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