SC - Pot Luck Part two....

[Cindy Renfrow]

<snip>
>>
>>         Just a random question- are potlucks (or even the concept) period?
>> I don't know of any evidence that people brought dishes to a communal
>> feast (though I suspect there might have been something like that in small
>> villages), but we do have accounts opf community feasts sponsored and paid
>> for by individuals, families, guilds, confraternities, etc. I would think
>> a host mighthave been offended if someone brought food to a feast.
<snip>

Hello! IIRC, Madge Lorwin, in Dining with William Shakespeare, gave a brief
description of a 1650s-ish potluck get-together involving King James.
Anybody got the book handy? I think it's in the last chapter.

Cindy


============================================================================

To be removed from the SCA-Cooks mailing list, please send a message to
Majordomo at Ansteorra.ORG with the message body of "unsubscribe SCA-Cooks".

============================================================================