SC - Elizabethan feasts ?

Mon May 15 04:33:34 PDT 2000

I recently (3 weeks ago) cooked an Elizabethan feast for a nearby Barony (as I'm the local landed
Baroness, they won't let me cook here at home!).  I do have several sources of information, and
will, in a later message, send you the names/publication info about those.

The good news is that, so far as the menu is concerned, you can do all sorts of lovely things that
are not period for earlier feasts.  I served a wonderful sweet potato and apple casserole at my
feast, and got a big kick out of watching the diners, used to the idea that "potatoes aren't period"
wondering how this could be!

I don't mean to be a tease, but I'm trying to plow through a whole bunch of messages before I have
to leave for a job interview...and the books in question are upstairs in my kitchen!

Kiri

BJ of NZ wrote:

> What I'm really looking for is period references on
> Elizabethan feast's and how they were run ,served
> ,displayed and decorated
> in Elizabeths time
> Ideally I'd like to start talking with someone who has
> cooked or autocrated one.
> I'm organising the feast I have a cook That i am
> helping with research and a Master of Ceremonies on
> the day
> I have lots of wonderful none period ideas for Table
> designations (each table being a Play ) and
> entertainments but would like to know and copy an
> authentic feast
>
> can you help with web based or book based reference
> pieces
> Bj
>
> More about me
> NZ New Zealand is part of Caid we are a small shire
> with house holds concentrated in 1465 but with a keen
> interest in 1650 and later (Cav)
>  being isolated from Main land we do a lot of first
> hand Research and there is a Living history trend to
> the group  I am a lady I've run every major event we
> have at least once usualy acting as sub autocrat the
> year before This year its the Midwinter Feast I am
> acting as autocrat .
> --- MrVIII at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 5/14/00 7:09:18 AM,
> bjofnz at yahoo.co.nz writes:<BR>
> <BR>
> << Background Info; 80-100 People expected, Mid
> winter, Great hall <BR>
> (Church crypt)Lousy cooking facilities  <BR>
>  >><BR>
> <BR>
> Are you cooking and serving everything?  Not sure what
> type of dinner you're <BR>
> doing.  Here among the CA Renaissance Faire community,
> we've had great luck <BR>
> with asking everyone to bring a period dish, offering
> recipes and prizes for <BR>
> the best there are several online sources for period
> recipes, here's one:<BR>
> <A HREF="<a
> href="http://www.labs.net/dmccormick/huen.htm">http://www.labs.net/dmccormick/huen.htm</a>">Gode
> Cookery</A><BR>
> <BR>
> Michael Butler<BR>
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