SC - Russian dishes
Traci_Bjers at radian.com
Traci_Bjers at radian.com
Fri Oct 29 14:21:43 PDT 1999
Ooops! Guess I had a flaky resource... But it may be something his
visitors would enjoy.
Thanks!
Angelika
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jenn/Yana [SMTP:jdmiller2 at students.wisc.edu]
> Sent: October 29, 1999 1:42 PM
> To: SCA Cooks List
> Subject: RE: SC - Russian dishes
>
> Not to knock your wonderful essay and your thoughtful attempt to provide
> us
> some Russian food history, but there is actually no evidence for zakuski
> having a 9th century origin. The first mention of "zakuski" isn't seen
> until the 18th or 19th century (I'll need to look up the exact date).
> There aren't any images of zakuski being served and there aren't any
> archaeological finds to support an early origin that I know of. The idea
> that zakuski evolved from the "Viking" smorgasbord (is smorgasbord even
> period?) is folklore and is perpetuated in many English _and_
> Russian-language cookbooks (and yes, zakuski is still very popular today).
>
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