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Greetings to the Assembled Lords and Ladies - - -

I hope that you will be able to assist me with a few small questions.

On the 26th day of February, I will be hosting a shire Tavern Night, the =
fourth of it's kind, at my home.  (Any of the members of the sca-cooks =
list who may be in the vicinity of Trollfen [mka Lafayette, Louisiana] =
that day would be heartily welcomed!)  The theme for this Tavern Night =
will be "Preparing for War".  Along with the usual fencing, drinking and =
singing that is a mainstay at these events, we will be running different =
projects to help shire members prepare for Gulf Wars, a week long event =
in early March. I've taken it upon myself to offer some instruction on =
"war food".  In this lies my questions.

The questions are:
1)  What off-the-shelf items would you recommend for "war food"?  e.g. =
apples, olives, etc.

2)  What medieval recipes make the best "war food"? e.g. Beef in Lord's =
Salt, a tart of beans, etc.

3)  Which of the recipes from question 2 can be pre-mixed?  e.g. Last =
year I sent several shire folk off to war with a version of "A Soup =
called Menjoire"(spelling?) based upon the recipe from Lord Cariadoc's =
miscellany.  I dried the ingrediants, packed them into a ziplock bag and =
provided instructions on how to prepare (ie. "dump into a pot, add 1 =
quart of water and bring to a boil")  They never used the packet, so I =
am unable to report any results.

4)  What menu suggestions would you recomend for the Tavern itself?  =
Previous events have all been on a three course format, three to five =
items per course, for 20 to 35 people, loosely tied to XIVth century =
French sources. (The mythical tavern is located in Troyes, France in the =
year 1396.  The Tavern Nights are supposed to represent the gathering of =
a group of friends, at one of their home, during the twice yearly =
markets at Troyes.)   I would like to show a variety of "war foods" with =
this meal, provide a typical meal and use recipes that could be =
distributed to the guest, that is, recipes that are either in the public =
domain or that the copyright owner would not mind them being reproduced. =
 Also, since portions of Gulf Wars falls during Lent this year, and most =
of the gentiles in this region of the realm are mudanely Roman Catholic, =
I thought this could be a good opportunity to pull out all of those =
Lenten and Ember Day recipes that are just waiting to be used.  As a =
side note, modern Lenten guidelines will only prohibit meat or fowl on =
Friday, but allow butter, milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, etc.;  What were =
the restrictions in period?

Finally, I would like to publicly doff my cap to Lord Stefan and Lord =
Caridoc.  Without the resources of the Florigeam (spelling?) and the =
Miscellany online, the shire Tavern Night never would have been =
possible.  I owe both of you a debt of gratitude.

I thank all of you for your attention and, in advance, I thank you for =
any suggestions you could provide.

I remain yours in service,
Matheus de Troyes

P.S.  -  Yoo Hoo!!!  As of 1 Jan, I've been in the SCA for more than a =
year!!  Yipee!!!   Does this mean I'm no longer a newbie?!?!?! (Sorry, I =
had to tell someone.)
. =20

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