SC - SC Re: New CA: French Food in the Renaissance

[Schumacher, Deborah (AZ15)]

Ras said, 
	>>The process of cheddaring is OOP as far as we know. The first use
of the word >cheddar was in 1661 CE.

And then Anne Marie Said


	>Well, Cheddar isn't mentioned in the OED till after the source
used. That would be MY biggest argument. I originally said to use whatever
cheese >you liked, and that the ubiquitous cheddar worked well, though the
orange stuff was a bit agregious (the yellow food coloring being added
fairly >recently to duplicate the effects of the cow eating a lot of real
grass) etc etc etc. That whole discussion got eliminated for space, or at
least hacked to >shorter and put as an endnote.
And I am still asking questions! :-) 
 So the process of cheddaring isn't period? I wondered, the cheese list that
came  down the list last Pennsic (See we did talk more then twinkies last
year) had it listed  at 1500 Ad with a source being here:
http://www.efr.hw.ac.uk/SDA/book1.html
<http://www.efr.hw.ac.uk/SDA/book1.html> 
Somehow I cant seem to pull that up here at work. I'll take a look at it
again when I get home to see what the source was.  So what cheeses would be
more appropriate for use?  And does anyone have that list from last Pennsic?
Are there any other cheeses listed with the wrong date?
	
Then regarding pie size, Anne Marie said
	>nope, no idea, except that in pictures, they look pretty much pie
sized, but maybe taller. I based my reconstruction on making a 9" pie in a
9" pie >shell, purely out of modern convenience.
	
Then I guess my question is now, why make less filling? What did you use to
judge how  thick the filling should be? I'm trying to learn to work from
primary sources myself , and just wonder how you made that choice.  Another
question,  are there any surviving pie plates? Where would I look for
information on them? 
Oh and the "for modern tastes" was my term I think, Left the book at home
today. (but I did notice that there is a page repeated in it)
		
Just full of questions today
Zoe 
Barony of Sundragon
Atenveldt
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