SC - Rosee or Morree

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/26/00 1:50:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
DianaFiona at aol.com writes:

<< There are some dishes, for instance, that 
 call for herbs I can't buy, especially fresh. I could grow enough to do a 
 large bowl of a given recipe, but not enough for the whole hall to eat a 
 normal portion of. That's more the kind of circumstance I had in mind.
 
             Ldy Diana >>

So if I understand you correctly, your references to lack of appropriate 
quantities of certain foodstuffs was referring to a lack of space to grow 
things on or an inability to find certain ingredients in your local 
supermarket and not meant to convey the impression that such dishes would 
have been prepared in limited quantity within SCA period?

I can understand your frustration. I also have limited space for growing 
things although I do manage to grow quite a few different plants in the area 
that I do have. What I have found to be satisfying, when I can't 
grow/find/order a large quantity of something for a particular recipe that I 
want to redact, is using the quantity I can get at the time it is available 
and working out the recipe on a smaller scale. This allows for the redacting 
of recipes that could not normally be done on a large scale. The satisfaction 
of having added to the data base of usable recipes is a plus and the smaller 
worked out versions can always be increased for feast use if the rare item 
becomes plentiful.

Ras