SC - My Upcoming feast... An Idea

[david friedman]

Brandu announced he will be doing a feast from the manuscript published as
"An Ordinance of Pottage".
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>Here are my questions:
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>1)  If I post my menus and the redactions, will the list comment on them?

It does seem likely; what is hard is getting us not to comment.
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>2)  Does this even sound like a good idea?

Definitely.
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>3)  There are no bread or sallet recipes in the manuscript. The manuscript
>is mid 15th century English. What contemporary breads and sallets could I
>add, and where can I get the original source text?

As Bear said, Platina (Italian 15th c.) describes how to make bread; recipe
in the _Miscellany_.  I understand there is also a basic bread recipe in
Gervaise Markhams's _The English Housewife_ (sp?) which is English but is a
century and a half after your manuscript.  Wulfric the Mad Baker has done
that one, and I expect I can get his recipe if you want it.

For salads, there is one in Forme of Cury (14th C. English, so not too far
from your manuscript). I am almost sure someone typed it in recently on the
"mixed field greens" thread; if you can't find it, let me know and I will
send it to you.
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>4)  Even if I have no sallet there are a few recipes for Wortes (greens) ,
>basically stewed in butter. Will butter offend the vegans?

It will not offend most vegetarians, but vegans eat no dairy products or
eggs, so will not want butter.  Isn't there at least one Lenten greens
recipe where they are cooked in almond nilk instead?
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>5)  Am I crazy? and have I bitten off more than I can chew?
>
Probably not.  But let me reccomend our article "To Make a Feast" in the
_Miscellany_ on how to plan and cook a feast.

Elizabeth/Betty Cook


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