SC - Re: tour in time

[Micaylah]

I'm afraid I've got to agree with Micaylah 100% on this one. As we are,
we're doing enough tweaking to come up with the ingredients for many of our
dishes- meat cuts, spices (are we SURE that this is the same thing used
back then?) and the Cook's final decision on the proper flavor blend- we
can't be perfect, although most of us think this stuff out very hard, and
try- look at the Dreaded Cuskynole debate. If we tweak it farther, and add,
say, bell peppers because they'd "be good, and everyone likes them" (I hate
'em), we're not trying to cook from Medieval texts as they do, we're using
the texts as a jump-off point for our own creations.

There's nothing wrong with that- Vehling does it all the time, and comes up
with some good stuff, but it's NOT Apicius!

If we do want to tweak the recipes, and call them Medieval, we might just
as well cook hamburgers and hot dogs out on our electric barbecue, serve
them with catsup, and call THAT Medieval.

Phlip
Caer Frig
Barony of the Middle Marches
Middle Kingdom

Southeastern Ohio

Phlip at bright.net

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider that cain't be throwed.

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: From: Groulx, Michelle <MGroulx at NRCan.gc.ca>
: To: 'Cooks List' <sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG>
: Subject: SC - Period Feasts
: Date: Wednesday, October 14, 1998 2:25 PM
: 
: >Educating the populace to a more period palate is reasonable and
: >should be encouraged, but adjusting period recipes to a more modern
: >taste is acceptable as well.<
: 
: > Not on my planet.
: >
: 
: Seannach asked....
: Excuse me, milady, but may I ask what kingdom you are in?  I'm interested
in
: hearing if all kingdoms agree on this;  is it not acceptable to adjust
: period recipes to modern palates at all?
: 
: 
: Not that it makes any difference where I am from, Ealdormere btw, my
opinion
: is my opinion. By stating that it does not occur on my planet is not to
: infer that I am taking the royal WE on this stand and presumming to make
: this all of our opinion, just mine. Perhaps you read this wrong. I still
say
: that if you tweak the recipe to accomodate modern palates then you're not
: recreating a middle ages feast then are you? You just cooking a meal.
: 
: Micaylah
: 
: 
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