SC - Russian dishes

[Traci_Bjers at radian.com]

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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