SC - My anti modern cheese thing was: toys for tot feast

[Jane M Tremaine]

OOH  soft herby cheeses to spread on bread.  Fresh hot out of the oven, (Ok
so I'll wait 10 maybe 15 minutes before slicing the bread).  This sounds
like heaven to me.  I await recipes with knife in hand.

Jana

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> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 2:04 PM
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> Subject: SC - My anti modern cheese thing was: toys for tot feast
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> I do not know how many small shires have broke their budget with modern
> processed yellow cheese that somebody spent valuable time cubing,
> that by the
> time it gets to the table is dried out and ugly to look at.
> I am blessed to have been "raised up" in my SCA cooking by a now
> Laurel who,
> first gave me tons of books to read, (thank you Cariadoc <sp>,
> yours taught
> me how to think "in period"), then pointed out the folly of
> spending so much
> on feast that your small shire is broke.
> Her apprentice is my friend and could better speak about the
> wondrous soft
> herbed cheeses she makes.  Unfortunately I do not have her last
> Queen's prize
> documentation where I can get it.  Suffice to say she did her research.
> The closest I can find in the modern world, at least here, is "farmers
> cheese."
> I fear there are a large group of us that have been spoiled in our small
> corner of Calontir and moan, quietly, when we see bread, honey
> butter (yes I
> know it's on my feast, it was a request, and it very well may
> change to honey
> and butter cause it's bothering me) and rubber cheese cubes
> sitting on the
> table when we get to feast.
> What Mistress Katrei has taught us is to plan a feast as if it
> were a certain
> time and area. Then to do our best to keep the menu and
> ingredients to that
> time and period.
> I just cannot find it in me to serve yellow cheese cubes.  I
> prefer to serve
> my cheese in a more interesting way.  1st remove, the "cheesy bread" and
> third remove the soft cheese to spread on the bread.  Alvira
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