SC - Bread Soup Bowls

[Bonne]

Laura C Minnick wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Stefan li Rous wrote:
> 
> > What did period folk do for food on the go? Did they always sit down to
> > eat? We can't seem to find proof of sandwiches or breadbowls or flatbreads
> > with meats in them (such as Greek Gyros or tortillas).

I was going to say, what about individual pies, or slices of pie?  But then
'Lainie wrote

> and one of the men is holding in his hand what I can only describe as a
> Hostess Fruit Pie- you know, the half-moon shape, filled, and crimped
> along the rounded edge. Given the particular contortions his face is in,
> it looks as though he's eating, so I would gather he's nibbling on his
> pie. What might be in the pie, I don't know. It could be what we call a
> 'Dariole', ... Whatever- it looks like food too me. I can look
> for a reference on the triptyc if you are desperate to see it.

There's also the option that I see in novels: hunks o'bread and chuncks
o'cheese, and if the story is about rich folk, hunks of cold meat as well. 
Accompanied by bottles of beer or skins of wine and apples.  Sounds an awful
lot like the typical SCA event lunch. 

Bonne


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