SC - A plea for help with presentation

[LYN M PARKINSON]

Rosalyn,

Bruegel's painting, _The Wedding Feast_. 1566-69, shows a Flemish peasant
wedding.  Men are carrying in the food on doors laid on hurdles.  We
don't see the underside; they may not be fixed hurdles, just heavy poles,
but there sould be less chance of slippage if the poles were fixed to a
cross member or two.  We can see it's a door because the hinges show. 
Nine tartes lie on the door, and one man at a table is reaching out to
get one with his left hand, while his right hand passes another tarte
down the table.  Somewhere or other, I have seen Bacchus carried into a
feast or hall, reclining on a similar litter (of course, it was probably
Fantasia!) but what a great spectacle it could be to have a corpulent
shire member semi dressed as Bacchus, with vine leaves in his hair,
surrounded by mounds of greenery and grape clusters, followed by litter
bearers carrying the food.  It will probably take too long for each guest
to help himself, so the litters could contain table sized serving dishes.
 A shire member, with a gift of gab, could deliver a running patter to
entertain the guests while this is being done.


Also:   Wilson, C. Anne. (ed) THE APPETITE AND THE EYE. Edinburgh
University   Press. 1991. A collection of papers on the visual aspects of
food and   its presentation with their  historic context.  Not all are
medieval.   

Maybe you can get that book on ILL.


Regards,

Allison
allilyn at juno.com, Barony Marche of the Debatable Lands, Pittsburgh, PA
Kingdom of Aethelmearc

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