SC - Russian Recipes

[Elaine Koogler]

Any help you can provide, my Lady, would be deeply appreciated.  And the good news
is that we are not doing the event until early November, so we have plenty of
time...she said hopefully!

Thanks for the information you have provided.  I'll look for the book you
mentioned!

Kiri

Jenn/Yana wrote:

> >Do you, by any chance, have a source for period Russian recipes?  We are
> looking
> >to do a Russian event in November, and the cook would love to get his hands on
> >some.  Please understand that none of us read Russian.
>
> So far, little has been found in the way of recipes for Russia.  The
> _Domostroi_ is the best source (and pretty much only) available and it has
> been translated into English, luckily.  It is a fairly reliable translation
> and while it does not give many actual recipes, you can see what foodstuffs
> were available.  The author is Carolyn Pouncy and the book is still in
> print.  Disregard the chapters after number 64, those are likely out of our
> period, even if they give the most food information.
>
> As for recipes, the only one that I know of is "Cabbage or Greens."  It was
> redacted by Cariadoc.  You can find it on the "Food and Drink" section of
> the Russian Knowledge Page at
> <http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~jdmiller2/knowledge/food.html>.  It is under
> "recipes."
>
> I have made it and my only advice is to leave out the salt until after it
> is cooked, and then add it to taste.  My batch was *way* too salty.
>
> >Any help you can provide would be appreciated.  We already have the book on
> >Medieval Polish recipes and plan to use some of those as we know that
> there was
> >some crossover...Russia conquered Poland, Poland won their freedom back and
> >invaded Russia...and on and on, or so I have read.
>
> Yes, there was some cross-over, and the _Domostroi_ mentions some possible
> Polish influences. However, most of these influences likely occurred
> outside of our period (found in the latter part of the book).  If I were
> you, I would be sure to mark the dishes that were Polish and the dishes
> that were Russian, just to be sure.  The two cuisines are definitely
> different from each other and should recognized as such.
>
> One of my summer projects is to add to the Knowledge Page some
> recommendations for SCA feasts consisting of Russian foods that would at
> least be possible and not glaringly OOP.  Don't hold your breath, but I am
> working on it.
>
> --Yana
>
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