SC - changing recipes

[Seton1355 at aol.com]

This is true, but that brings us back to the dilema: "how can we cook medieval
when. to make the recipe as written, would cause us to become sick."  I like
Lord Ras's idea

>>>>>".......Absolutely, but remember the result is not a period recipe but
rather a periodoid rendention. While such a recipe cannot with any honesty be
called 'period'  documenting the original recipe and providing the reasons for
the substitutions would go far in showing that you have at least an
understanding of what should have been done. It also allows others to use your
research as a basis for producing a more period version while acknowledging
your contribution  and work.....">>>>>

because if I don't change recipes for my personal needs, I don't eat!  So I
have started writing out the recipe as written and noting each ingredient I
change and why so that others who might read my work can either cook the
original or cook with my changes.
Phillipa

> 
>  The question isn't whether you can produce good food that way, but whether
>  you can produce good medieval food. Our instincts as cooks are based on the
>  various modern cuisines we eat and cook So when we alter a period recipe in
>  ways that seem natural to us, we are likely to be shifting it in the
>  direction of the modern cooking we are familiar with.
>  
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