SC - Greasy stuff in cold weather

[Cathy Harding]

I can attest to the dreaming of greasy stuff.  i once skied from Skagway to
Juneau (alaska)on the ice fileds, we were gone for 27 days and the last week
we all dreamed of butter and bacon and the big topic of discussion was what
kind of pizza we were going to have (double cheese, double sausage and
vegetables!).  We took what seemed before the trip, a prodigious amount of
peanut butter, butter, oil and other fats, and it wasn't enough.

Maeve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG]On Behalf Of Philip & Susan Troy
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 5:46 AM
> To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: SC - Icelandic "geese"
>
>
> DianaFiona at aol.com wrote:
> >
> >     *grin* And you just answered another question of mine--I
> wondered if this
> > would still be tasty served cold! I was afraid the bacon and
> skin would be
> > greasy and unpleasant.
>
> Remember that "greasy", in societies where a person probably burned up
> at least half his/her caloric intake just staying warm in houses without
> adequate heat, central or otherwise, does not equate with "unpleasant".
> I seem to recall reading medieval accounts of people starving and
> dreaming of fat, fatty bacon, butter, etc. Another aspect is that these
> might have been relatively dry birds, requiring the extra fat to make
> them palatable after long cooking. Pies sometimes seem to be akin to
> stews in an edible container (by which I mean long, moist cooking: let's
> not get into another stew debate, okay?).
>
> > But I'm fixing the Royal lunch for Tourney of the
> > Foxes at the end of the month, and have been eyeing the
> "Icelandic" chicken
> > as a possible change from standard pasties. I still want to try
> it myself
> > first, but your report is reassuring! :-)
>
> I'd recommend serving them at something like room temperature, if
> possible, rather than chilled-right-out-of-the-cooler.
>
> Adamantius
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
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