SC - Inconsistant statements

[Richard Kappler II]

Peldyn asked:
> I really need to
> get some period cookbooks. Does anyone have a list of the ones they consider
> "essential"?

Well, you might want to look at some of the files in the FOOD-BOOKS section
of my Florilegium:
books-food-msg    (50K)  4/23/99    Books about food. Not cookbooks.
cb-novices-msg    (13K) 10/14/98    Cookbooks for those new to medieval cooking.
cb-rv-Apicius-msg (38K)  4/21/99    Reviews of cookbooks having Apicius recipes.
cb-rv-Platina-msg (19K)  5/11/99    Reviews of cookbooks having Platina recipes.
cb-rv-Taillvt-msg  (9K)  7/14/99    Reviews of books having Taillevent’s recipes
cookbooks-bib     (32K)  4/21/97    Cookbook bibliography by Jaelle of Armida.
cookbooks2-bib    (14K) 10/ 3/97    Cookbook bibliography by Stephen Bloch.
cookbooks3-bib    (20K) 10/14/98    Cookbook bibliography by Lady Allison.
cookbooks-msg     (98K)  5/11/99    Reviews of cookbooks with medieval recipes.
                                       Messages posted before September 1995.
cookbooks2-msg    (96K)  5/11/99    Reviews posted between 9/95 and 11/97.
cookbooks3-msg   (120K)  5/11/99    Reviews posted after 11/97.
cookbooks-SCA-msg (15K)  7/26/99    Cookbooks written by people in the SCA.
cooking-bib       (14K)  1/24/95    Bibliography on cooking sources.
Harpstrang-cb-msg (34K) 10/19/99    The Harpestraeng cookbook. The oldest 
                                       cookbook in the Western world.
Livres-rev-art    (12K)  6/25/99    A review by Martha Carlin of a book about 
                                       the history of medieval cookbooks..
merch-cookbks-msg (10K)  8/31/99    Merchants selling period cookbooks.

I would recommend looking in the cookbooks-SCA-msg and the bibliographies
which are annotated with which books are recommended and which ones aren't.
I hope this isn't too overwhelming. Other than the cb-novices-msg file I
don't think any say get these three or six books first. Hmm. Maybe the 
cb-novices-msg file is what you are looking for, afterall.

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Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
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