SC - Re: Competitions

[Elise Fleming]

'Twas written:
>>3. I can "specialize" to some extent. Right now, I'm on a 
>>candy-making kick. It's kinda hard to turn that into a complete 
>>feast.

And Sianan replied:

>  Course you can.  Advertise it as a medieval candy-fest and I can
>guartunee that there would be a few bookings.  

Actually, you could use a "period" term for the medieval candy-fest and 
call it a "banquet".  Or "samples from a banquet".  In Tudor and Stuart 
times the banquet was what we call the "dessert course" and contained 
candies as well as numerous other items.  Markham, I believe, has a 
listing of things necessary for a banquet.  These always included 
marchpanes (as the center attraction), preserved and candied fruits, 
seeds, sweetened "breads" such as biscuits (twice-cooked "cookies"), 
etc.

Alys Katharine
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