SC - "barbeque" recipe

[Woeller D]

I did a bit of asking in the right places and have the following information 
for anyone interested in Viking food:

The best general reference - with a section on food and drink (see p252ff) 
is The Vikings, by Brondsted (with a slash through the o), published by 
Penguin - may be out of print, but I'm sure amazon.com could find one.
Brondsted lists barley, wheat, herrings, hazelnuts, apples, elder- and 
strawberries, hops, herrings, cabbage, onions, honey, wholemeal rye bread, 
herrings, porridge, herrings, pork, veal, herrings, mutton, whale, herrings, 
seal and bear (polar) meat - boiled for preference - beer and mead. And more 
herrings.
The Vikings used milk, too, both fresh and in yoghurt. Their extensive 
trading and other networks through the Mediterranean and especially into 
Russia meant they came in contact with a wide variety of foods (King Harald, 
for example, was commander of the Emperor's troops in Constantinople), but 
homegrown stuff was pretty boring.
The sagas contain some references to food and drink: there's a description 
of a feast in BEOWULF, but also try NJAL'S SAGA, KING HARALD'S SAGA, 
LAXDAELA'S SAGA, The ELDERREDA (not sure of the spelling - my appetite for 
sagas is very limited) and there would be references in the Icelandic sagas.

Hope this is of help.

Kiriel

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