SC - Iron maidens?

[Huette von]

Your menu sounds great.  I am not sure what the reference is about the
Iron Maiden with the
strawberry.  Could you explain it?  

Otherwise, my comment would be since all maidens
have cherries, why not use cherries? :-)

Huette

- ---Tollhase1 at aol.com wrote:
>
> Thanks for the website.  I'm using the recipe that was found under
the SCA web
> site under cooking and recipes.  It was one of the first things I
tried.  To
> simplify the recipe, I will probably use marmalade instead of
boiling the
> oranges in honey.  I preparing a feast for about a 100 in June.  I
am planning
> the usual cheeses, breads and butters, Lombard chicken, ravioli with
a white
> sauce of nuts, mushrooms, Stuffed grape leaves, Turkish lamb balls
served with
> yogurt and humus.  A hot curry over Kasha mixed with dried fruit,
nuts and
> wild rice.  For dessert, the apple pie tart.  As the theme of the
event is
> Murder in the Marches, I will serve head table a simile in the shape
of an
> iron maiden with a strawberry within.  The theme for the feast is
that of a
> siege engine captain/camp cook picking up recipes on the way to the
Holy land.
> I will substitute more common northern European items for Middle
Eastern
> items.
> Particularly when lamb in this area is almost 3.00 a pound verses
.97 a pound
> for boneless country ribs.  There is also a basis against lamb in
this area.
> I personally love it.
> 
> Sorry got off track.  I will check the recipe on the site to see if
it states
> a date.
> 
> Thanks 
> 
> Lord Frederick Holstein der Tollhase
> Marche Three Towers, New barony yet unnamed, MK

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