SC - Re: [tudortalk] The Queens' Tastes
Huette von Ahrens
ahrenshav at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 5 17:36:05 PDT 1999
My only suggestion would be to change the Anne of
Cleves course. Anne was Flemish, not German. I would
use Dutch recipes instead of German.
Huette
- --- Seton1355 at aol.com wrote:
> Can anyone help this lady?
>
> << From: Kathleen Ryan <KathleenRyan at compuserve.com>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Our SCA Shire is planning on holding an event in
> October of this year based
> on Henry's recent ownership of Hampton Court
> Palace. I think we have
> placed the year for the event at 1528. While the
> day's events will center
> around Henry, the feast will feature his wives. I
> am the head cook and,
> for want of a better term, the feast's designer.
> While I have the basic
> design for the feast completed, I could use some
> additional advice and/or
> help.
>
> The feast will consist of six courses, one for each
> wife, as follows:
>
> Catherine of Aragon: Spanish. I
> plan on doing the
> traditional first course of a Spanish dinner which
> is Tapas
>
>
> (appetizers)
>
> Anne Boleyn:
> French. She
> liked French poetry, hats, and swordsmen. (Maybe a
> French Tart dish as
>
>
> part of the course)
>
> Jane Seymour: Traditional English
> (A friend suggested the
> food be boiled. I think NOT.)
>
> Anna of Cleeves: German
>
> Katherine Howard: English.
> (Maybe a Rosewater Tart.)
>
> Katherine Parr: Brandied Cherries
> or some such dessert to
> celebrate her survival.
>
> What I need the help on is this, does anyone know
> of a favorite dish or
> food type of any of these ladies? If so, what was
> it or where can I find
> the source? Do any of the recipes still exist? If
> so, where can I get a
> copy? A friend is checking the Chicago library
> system for that book on
> 10,000 Years of English Cooking for me and I have
> ordered a book on Tudor
> Feasts from B & N.
>
> Also, does anyone have a contact person at Hampton
> Court Palace that I can
> E-mail and get some questions answered? The event
> steward was there a
> couple years ago and brought me a copy of The Tudor
> Kitchens booklet and
> another pamphlet type book on HCP but nothing with
> names or address.
>
> And before anyone asks, of course I'll share the
> recipes with the list and
> whomever else asks for them.
>
> Before I forget, I have one more question for the
> list. For the past
> events we have named the feast tables for the
> Italian City States, major
> stops along the Silk Road, and cities in Eastern
> Europe. I can't quite
> figure on what names to put on the tables for this
> feast. I was thinking
> of naming them after members of Henry's privy
> council, but since many of
> them met with bad ends, I don't think that is
> really a good idea. We will
> be serving 160 people and will need 20 tables. So
> can anyone think of
> some the names of Henry's favorite palaces and/or
> hunting lodges?
>
> Thanks for im advance for any help.
>
> Kathleen
>
>
>
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