SC - Custard and Corned Silverside

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

And it came to pass on 22 May 00,, that Lee-Gwen Booth wrote:

> Unto the Gathered Cooks does Lady Gwynydd of Culloden send Greetings:
> 
> Following the Tavern Event, my Lady asked me if custard - specifically
> thickened with flour - was period;  I couldn't give her an answer.

There are sweet milk dishes thickened with *rice* flour, but I don't know 
about wheat flour.  The 16th century English custards have cream, 
sugar, and spices, but no thickeners other than eggs.

> Oh, the another dish which was served at this event was corned silverside
> - is this period, and if so, how was it cooked?

What is "corned silverside"?  Animal, vegetable, or mineral?


Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
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mka Robin Carroll-Mann
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