SC - Russian embassy meal

[Huette von Ahrens]

And it came to pass on 13 Sep 99,, that Micaylah wrote:

> I am helping do a Feast here in Ealdormere (NO I am not heading it
> up!!) with the theme being early Spanish. I have absolutely no
> knowledge of this time frame, nor geography.
> 
> What I would like to do is open the floor for discussion with an eye
> to educate on this era. Is there suitable documentation that I can
> refer to? Is there anyone out there that can wax eloquent on this? If so,
> PLEASE feel free to. I know Dame Siglinde has been in touch with Cariadoc
> but as yet I have not been able to compare notes with her.

His Grace is probably one of the best people to consult.  Unfortunately, 
there are no surviving Spanish cookbooks -- Muslim or Christian -- from 
the very early period you are concentrating on.  The Baghdad Cookery-
Book and the Al-Andalus cookbook are both 13th century Muslim.  The 
_Libre de sent sovi_ is 14th century Catalan Christian, and there are 
several later period cookbooks which derive from it.  If you can, I'd 
advise getting hold of a copy of _A Drizzle of Honey_, which attempts to 
reconstruct the cuisine of 15th century crypto-Jews.  It gives a fair 
amount of background detail on Spanish cuisine, and has a very lengthy 
bibliography.  (Many of the items listed are in Spanish).  Good luck with 
your project.  It sounds like an intriguing event.

Brighid
Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net
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