SC - new book

[Stefan li Rous]

Gwynydd asked: 
>>>> 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.<<< 

You might find some of the files in the FOOD-BOOKS section of my
Florilegium 
to be of use. For instance:
books-food-msg    (53K) 12/13/99    Books about food. Not cookbooks.
cb-novices-msg    (13K) 10/14/98    Cookbooks for those new to medieval cooking.
cb-rv-Apicius-msg (38K)  4/21/99    Reviews of cookbooks having Apicius recipes.
cb-rv-Platina-msg (19K)  5/11/99    Reviews of cookbooks having Platina recipes.
cb-rv-Taillvt-msg  (9K)  7/14/99    Reviews of books having Taillevent’s recipes
cookbooks-bib     (32K)  4/21/97    Cookbook bibliography by Jaelle of Armida.
cookbooks2-bib    (14K) 10/ 3/97    Cookbook bibliography by Stephen Bloch.
cookbooks3-bib    (20K) 10/14/98    Cookbook bibliography by Lady Allison.
cookbooks-msg     (98K)  5/11/99    Reviews of cookbooks with medieval recipes.
                                       Messages posted before September 1995.
cookbooks2-msg    (96K)  5/11/99    Reviews posted between 9/95 and 11/97.
cookbooks3-msg   (120K)  5/11/99    Reviews posted after 11/97.
cookbooks-SCA-msg (20K)  1/ 7/00    Cookbooks written by people in the SCA.
  (I highly recommend some of these for those new to period cooking. These
include Master Cariadoc's books, although I believe the Miscellany is
the only
one with redacted recipes.)

This file might help you find where to obtain them:
merch-cookbks-msg (10K)  8/31/99    Merchants selling period cookbooks. 

>>>>I have a particular interest in confectionary, 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!)<<<

For some of this you might want to check the files in the FOOD-SWEETS-DECORATED
section such as:
candy-msg        (136K)  9/23/99    Period candy. Recipes. Candied fruit peels.
Candying-art       (9K)  6/29/99    Period and modern descriptions of
the 
                                       candying process by Alys Katharine.
cookies-msg       (57K)  1/12/00    Period cookies. Recipes.
desserts-msg      (78K)  1/11/00    Medieval and SCA dessert recipes. Sweets.
gingerbread-msg   (39K)  1/31/00    Medieval gingerbread. Recipes.
marmalades-msg    (53K) 12/20/99    Period marmalades and fruit jellies
and jams
Roses-a-Sugar-art (21K)  7/15/98    "Divers Pretty Things Made Of Roses
& Sugar" 
                                       by Mistress Renata Kestryl of Highwynds.
sotelties-msg    (152K)  4/15/99    Sotelties and Warners - decorated food.
sugar-paste-msg   (89K)  7/20/99    Making sugar paste sotelties.
Sugarplums-art    (19K)  7/15/98    "Visions of Sugarplums" by Mistress 
                                       Renata Kestryl of Highwynds.

I hope this helps get you started.
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Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
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