SC - Explaining medieval...

[Groulx, Michelle]

Wouldn't it be simpler just to teach them a little about culinary history as
promised and then give them the menu YOU want. With reasonably understood
recipes, redacted yourselves, and then changed to read as if they could be
understood by even the most modern of them? This may not be what you or I
would do, but it would make them comfortable in their first endeavour.

I realize this is a very simplistic approach but at the very least you would
be getting something that is expected, and not find any little surprises
like tomatoes/corn/roast potatoes etc. thrown in at the last minute because
someone thought it "was missing something" and decided to get creative.
There could also be a little paper included in your course of rules and
regs/do's & dont's/caveats etc. pertaining especially to the specific feast
in mind.

I feel that a crash course in medieval customs and culinary technique will
only get you what they can best do out of a few hours of education.
Mediocre. At the very least, if you supply receipts that they are not
allowed to deviate from, then you can at least expect that.

At the very best, you can expect that at least a few of them will prolly be
interested in continuing in this thread of education and voila; a new
culinary artisan of the middle ages.

Micaylah
- -who thinks you are very very lucky to have this opportunity- 
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