SC - Cinnamon Cucumbers

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

And it came to pass on 29 Jun 00,, that LrdRas at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 6/28/00 10:43:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> harper at idt.net writes:
> 
> <<  Does anyone else on the list have anything to add?  Has 
>  anyone seen a period recipe like this (from England or elsewhere)?
>   >>
> 
> Only that the fact that a recipe is undocumentable in early modern (e. g
> late SCA period) is irrelevant compared to the bulk of SCA history that is
> covered, And 2nd the fact that it is undocumentable in England is of NO
> importance at all 

They are both significant in terms of this specific question.  The recipe 
appears in Madeleine Cosman's book, "Medieval Holidays and 
Festivals".  Her area of specialization (and the focus of the book) is 
medieval England.  Therefore, if this *is* a period recipe, it is 
presumably an English recipe.  And if it is an English recipe, it is most 
likely from the latter part of the SCA period, when cucumbers were more 
widely available in England.

I am sure that Lady Rachel would be delighted to discover that the 
recipe is documentably 12th-century Persian or 14th-century Italian or 
or 10th century Norse or anything else within the SCA's scope.  But 
under the circumstances, it seems to me that the recipe is either late-
period English, or 20th-century Medievaloid.

> and 3rd, no there is no pre-1450 CE recipe which
> remotely resembles the original posters recipe regarding cucumbers.

Thank you for confirming that.

> Ras


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
Settmour Swamp, East (NJ)
mka Robin Carroll-Mann
harper at idt.net