SC - Period serving practices
Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Mon Feb 28 18:06:24 PST 2000
In a message dated 2/28/2000 5:20:40 PM Eastern Standard Time, Aldyth at aol.com
writes:
<< Is there a particular time or place where serving feasts all day long came
to
be? It seems that for the past 6 months a couple of our groups in the
Outlands are insisting on this "period" practice. I am referring to the
feast starting at noon, with a course every two hours or so, until 8-10 in
the evening. The feasts have not been well received, nor have they been
particularly "good" >>
In period, the main meal of the day, the "feast", was served any time between
about 11 am and 2 pm, and could last for hours on a festive occasion (among
other references, Woolgar, C. M. The Great Household in Late Medieval England
. Yale University Press, copyright 1999.) Even on a normal day there might
be several sittings to accomodate the entire household. So serving the meal
during the day is certainly a period practice, in fact more period than
beginning it at 6 pm or later as we usually do.
As autocrat, I had the cooks prepare such a feast for our shire Twelfth Night
two years ago. Both the cooks and the populace considered it a great
success. The cooks were pleased that they could concentrate on two dishes at
a time rather than 8 or 10, and the populace was amazed at the fact that food
just kept appearing. We had very little left.
Brangwayna Morgan
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