OT (was: SC - Viking and early Irish foods)

[Christi Redeker]

BRANDU!!!!!!!   Good Lord!  I haven't laughed this hard in ages!!!!!!!!!!

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From: Gedney, Jeff <Gedney.J at phd.com>
To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG <sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Thursday, March 19, 1998 11:37 AM
Subject: RE: SC - Viking and early Irish foods


>Hmm, First I'll give a genuine response, and Second I'll give my initial
>response
>> Whats wrong with whale and seal? Finnish style all-rye, sourdough
>bread
>> with whole fishes baked in (not documentable, but nice anyway)?
>Herring?
>> Mutton? Goat? Beef? Pork? Game? Honey? Pike? Perch? Salmon? Apples?
>> Wheat, rye, barley, oats? Linseeds? Chickens? Skyr?  Cheese?
>> Blueberries?  Lingonberries? Bunch of different root veggies?  Peas?
>> Sloe?  Elderberries? Hazelnuts? Mustard?  Horseradish? Eggs? Plums?
>> Several different herbs?
>
>What do we know of these as being on the table of the average Norse
>Viking?
>Which of these ingredients were served, and which were added later to
>the menu?
>and besides, an ingredients list does not tell of actual foods and
>preparation.
>The point was that much of the evidence cited on this list seems to
>indicate that the Norse used a lot of cookbooks and preparation
>techniques imported from the rest of Europe.
>
>> > Rotten Cod, the real impetus of northern Europe's naval technology.
>
>> It is _NOT_ rotten. Just dried and soaked in lye.
>and then buried in the ground in jars for months, then rehydrated,
>changing the water 7 times.
>if the fish is not rotten, then the idea certainly is!
>
>
>Brandu's Initial response:
>>
>> Whats wrong with whale and seal?
>Stop blubbering!
>
>> Finnish style all-rye, sourdough bread
>(Er)got me there!
>
>> with whole fishes baked in (not documentable, but nice anyway)?
>Finnish cooks work for scale?
>
>> Herring?
>I'm hard of herring
>
>> Mutton?
>Nuttin, what's a mutton wid you?
>
>> Goat?
>and matching Hat and Scarf.
>
>> Beef?
>Change that "f" to "r"
>
>> Pork?
>Knife and Spoon
>
>> Game?
>ok, how about "Miller in the Middle"
>
>> Honey?
>Yes, Sweetlumps?
>
>> Pike?
>Christopher T, Captain of the Enterprise
>
>> Perch?
>on a tree?
>
>> Salmon?
>Chanted evening, you will meet a stranger...
>
>> Apples?
>An Itsy bit o cider poured down the waterspout...
>
>> Wheat, rye, barley, oats?
>Shipped to Rome in great big boats,
>Crassus tried to keep the bread
>so Caesar sliced off his head!
>
>> Linseeds?
>an oily notion
>
>> Chickens?
>Sold by the Peck?
>
>> Skyr?
>Like Picabo Street?
>
>> Cheese?
><click>
>
>> Blueberries?
>what can we do to cheer them up?
>
>> Lingonberries?
>they served these outside the Ford theater, in John Wilkes' booth...
>
>> Bunch of different root veggies?
>from seller top Cellar?
>
>> Peas?
>and tank you
>
>> Sloe?
>Not really, but I'm not as fast as I used to be
>
>> Elderberries?
>Now they are the ones that are REALLY sloe!
>
>> Hazelnuts?
>Possible, but she is at least a good housekeeper.
>
>> Mustard?
>use the bathroom
>
>> Horseradish?
>smaller than elephant garlic?
>
>> Eggs?
>actly!
>
>> Plums?
>and level, good building standards
>
>> Several different herbs?
>smoke on the water....
>
>
>> It is _NOT_ rotten. Just dried and soaked in lye. And it's
>traditionally
>> ling, not cod. The rotten _shark_ is Icelandic, and I don't know if it
>> is documented as period.
>I think a sharks have been rotting for a long time, and probably in
>period.
>
>
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