SC - A new project....

[Sue Clemenger]

Is this happening at a camping event, or somewhere where there's accessible
refrigeration, etc.?  I've done similar munchy-related things, but primarily
non-period or periodoid, since my period cookbook collection is meagre at best.
My first thought, since you'll have vegans there, is to serve strips of pita
bread that are slightly dried out or toasted (kinda like the corn chip strips
you can buy), with a variety of hummuses and tapenades and tsaziki sauce (cuke,
yogurt, etc).  The vegans wouldn't be able to eat the tsaziki because of the
dairy, but you can do amazing things with hummus.  Check out the vegetarian
cookbook _The Enchanted Broccoli Forest_ for more ideas--the author has a
section on snacks, etc.
I'm sure stuff like this falls into the "not incongruous" category, but it
transports easily, can sit out for a while, and tastes pretty darned good.
- --Maire

"James F. Johnson" wrote:

> I have a new cooking project, so to speak.
>
> A friend (and squire to one of 'Lainie's dearest friends) has asked me
> to come up with appropriate 'finger food' the eve before his being
> Pel'd. He's a tenth century Icelander, which makes documentable dishes
> and recipes practicably nil. On top of that, some, but not all, of his
> guests will be vegan. He made the request to at least avoid a
> preponderance of fish dishes.
>
> What I have to work with so far is archaeological remains from sites
> (lists of foods eaten, but not how they were prepared) and traditional
> Icelandic and Norwegian foods with little idea on how far back those
> traditions extend.
>
> I'd welcome recommendations and personal opinions on dishes that _might_
> have been served in the tenth and eleventh centuries up north. Lacking
> any substantial proof at this time, I'd settle for possible, probable,
> likely, and not incongruous dishes. Authentication is not a _primary_
> goal here, but if it's there, I'd love it more.
> I'm not out to win an A&S cooking contest, just provide suitable
> hospitality to a friend's guests.
>
> Oh, Nanna......? :)
>
> BTW, I have already perused the Icelandic and Norse regional food files
> in Stefan's Florilegium.
>
> Thanks
>
> Seumas
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