SC - "personal recipies"

[Dottie Elliott]

>> Once the recipe has changed from the original even a single iota it is 
>>  no longer able to be called 'period'. It is a personal recipe. And, I can 
>>  think of no excuse which is valid for doing so other than laziness on the 
>>  part of the Kitchen Steward,.

Well is the Kitchen Steward cooking the food in a period manner as well? 
Does the kitchen steward know how and what materials were used to cook 
things in period? The way something is cooked will change the flavor. 
Therefore, since its not cooked in a period manner its should just be a 
personal recipe as well since its not COMPLETELY period. 

I believe in only serving documentable recipes at feasts and I do that. 
However, sometimes I can't get an ingredient or its too expensive or its 
not practicle and I will occasionally have to substitute. Also, sometimes 
I have particular needs (like all finger foods) and I will adapt recipes 
so that I am still serving medieval tasting foods but maybe they are 
handpies instead of a full pie or meat balls instead of meat wrapped in a 
casing. 

This is not laziness. I have done the research and applied it to a 
particular situation in a particular way as ANY cook in ANYTIME would do.

Clarissa
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