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[Stefan li Rous]

Vika commented:
> James F. Johnson wrote:
> > 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. 
> 
> I was given the exact same job for one of my teacher's apprentice's
> Laurel vigil last year (part of what he was getting his Laurel for was
> Icelandic research and persona stuff).  After much noodling around the
> available sources, I came up with:
> 
> (cold) roast beef in Lord's Salt, in bite-size pieces
> "Viking Barley Bagels" from Thora Sharptooth's web site--I'm not sure
>   if they turned out as they should have (they were _damn_ hard)
>   but the candidate liked them
> Plum preserves
> Prunes
> Dried cherries
> Farmer's cheese
> Smoked fish

Any particular reason you chose roast beef instead of lamb or mutton?
Were cattle raised in Iceland? Nanna? It just seems the terrain favors
sheep over cattle, but maybe some were kept for milk and then became
roast beef. But in that case, I would think that being old and probably
stringy it would be boiled or stewed rather than roasted.

Will sitting in a pickling agent like Lord's Salt tenderize tough
cuts of meat?

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