SC - Mediaeval cookbooks to begin with

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Like fun the list isn't normally this fractious - I was here for the Lady Seaton's Project debate (and even added to it a little)and have heard ALL about cuskynoles!

BTW, this Gwynydd (who chose the name at the my first event before I knew the faintest thing about registering names and will probably be changing it before I register it) is definitely female.  Mind you, I am no newcomer to the gender confusion caused by names!  Until I put a hyphen between my first and middle names I was plain Lee and this caused much confusion - even to the extent of being presented (long story - don't ask why!) to the Governer General as "he", to the confusion of the poor man introducing me!

Gwynydd of Culloden

At 2000-03-25 01:57:04.062000, 
Christina Nevin (cnevin at caci.co.uk) wrote:
> 	I do have a grip. I was merely trying to point out that the poster
> said they 
> 	already had some 'coffee table' books such as Pleyn Delyt and The
> Medieval 
> 	Kitchen. which the poster has since confirmed.
> 	Ras
> 
> Ras, somehow you have confused my answer with the original poster's
> response.  She/He (sorry, I can't tell from the name, my Welsh is 
> poor) is
> Gwynydd of Culloden, not Lucretzia (or cnevin at caci.co.uk), and 
> originally
> said
> 
> "BTW, on a similar subject - I have no medieval cookbooks in my 
> oversized
> cookbook collection.  Could the good gentles on this list put 
> forward their
> ideas for a good (and still available!) first cookbook - I only 
> read English
> and am by no means ready to start redacting my own recipes.  I 
> have a
> particular interest in confectionery, and do not do pastry (at 
> all! ever! I
> have been known to wreck pre-made, pre-rolled pastry, and anyway I 
> don't
> presently have a working oven - and probably won't for at least 6 
> months!)"
> 
> Gwynydd does not have any medieval cookbooks.
> 
> Please note the 
> "AM BY NO MEANS READY TO START REDACTING MY OWN RECIPES"
> 
> Personally I want to encourage Gwynydd into medieval cooking, and 
> eventually
> redacting recipes on her/his own. 
> There is nothing more creatively satisfying (I feel) than having 
> people come
> up to you after a dinner/feast and tell you that <supply name> 
> dish was
> divine, could they have the exact recipe, and then handing them 
> your
> redaction. 
> 
> HOWEVER Gwynydd has said she/he ISN'T ready for that yet - and so 
> I (and
> others) have given our recommendations for cookbooks which include 
> original
> sources as well as redactions and foodways information that will 
> help them
> understand and recreate medieval cuisine. 
>  
> Pleyn Delyt and _especially_ The Medieval Kitchen are NOT 
> coffeetable books
> and I'm offended you could say that - that's a rather poorly 
> disguised slur
> at the rest of the list's judgment. I (and others) CAN tell the 
> difference
> between a coffeetable book and a well-written, academically sound 
> book - I
> have the Masters degree to prove it (albeit in Egyptology) - and 
> if you have
> any further doubts, check out my booklist on my personal website. 
>  
> My apologies for the sharp reply - I have no desire to engage in 
> disputation
> (and you may not have noticed, but I seldom do) with people I 
> respect, like,
> and who often amuse as well as educate me, but I believe you are 
> letting the
> 'best' become the enemy of the 'good'.
> 
> Apologies also to Gwynydd - we aren't normally this fractious - I 
> think
> someone's been putting itching powder in the ether!
> 
> Al Servizio Vostro, e del Sogno
> Lucretzia
> 
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