SC - Documented Substitutions (Long)

[Siegfried Heydrich]

    OK, I concede, Martha Stewart is really period . . .

    Sieggy
>
> <snip of delightful list of recipes>
>
> > These are just a few I have noticed.  I have plenty more, if anyone is
> > interested.  Again, I understand the concern for stepping too far away
from
> > the documented recipes, but this does illustrate my point that, indeed,
the
> > medieval cook was not as bound by the recipe as the list seems to think.
> > Those who are in this for pure research will, of course, not be willing
to
> > make any assumptions from this, and I understand the reasoning.  But,
for
> > those adventurous few who are, I hope this helps.
>
> While I enjoyed the list of recipes, I disagree with your conclusion.
> You cited recipes that have alternatives written within them, but then
> you seem to suggest (as you have been for some time) that these prove
> that you can make substitutions that _aren't_ listed. It only proves
> that that particular recipe has variations. You can't use a recipe to
> prove that they didn't follow the recipe. It just doesn't make sense.
>
> Personally, I prefer to thoroughly learn the existing corpus first,
> before I start worrying about finding something else to do. And I don't
> think I'll be done with that anytime soon.