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In a message dated 4/28/2000 10:21:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ktradford at cyberport.com writes:

<< Are black olives period?  Are dill pickles period?>>

Black olives I'm fairly sure were around in period, but what they were used 
for I don't know.  Don't believe I've ever seen anything with pickled 
cucumbers, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
 
 <<For desserts we were thinking of fresh fruits (summer varieties) which is
 not a problem.  But we also considered fixings for Strawberry shortcake
 type of dessert.  Is shortcake period? >>

There are a couple of fairly "short" cookie type recipes from Elizabethan 
times (Fair Cakes from Digbie, I think?), but I'm not sure I've ever seen a 
recipe that would result in a raised cake like the modern shortcake.  
Certainly a variety of whipped cream exists; it's called "snow".

Brangwayna Morgan