SC - scottish food & cookery

[Thomas Gloning]

In a message dated 6/9/00 1:13:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Jadwiga 
Zajaczkowa writes

> Further question: if they were NOT originating in Scotland, but the recipe
>  book was known in Scotland in the period, and the dishes were documentably
>  served in Scotland in period, would that be sufficient?

Well, are you trying to cook a Scottish feast or an English feast being 
served to Scottish people?

Depends on your perspective and what you want to achieve. You could work with 
archeological evidence, food availability and work backwards from close to 
period sources. This is the route I took when asked to produce a 12th C Irish 
feast. It is possible, just not from extant recipes of that period and 
location.

Hauviette