SC - Passage East III - Part 1

[Elaine Koogler]

Looks great!  I await the recipes with baited breath!

Kiri

Ann & Les Shelton wrote:

> I served as head cook for Passage to the East III in the Canton of
> Falcon Cree, Barony of Nottinghill Coill, Atlantia last weekend.  The
> event was recreating the date of September 26, 1490, the celebration of
> the Festival of Cosmas and Damian, patron saints of the Medici family in
> Florence.  My primary references were Milham's Platina and Scully's
> Cuoco Napoletano, although I also used Santich and others for
> supplemental information.  I also generated a handout which informed the
> feasters of the effects of the food they were eating {taken from
> Platina}.
>
> Things that went right:  the site itself was almost perfect for this
> event, the feast totally sold out (136), it came in under budget, the
> portioning worked out almost perfectly {everyone went away filled up but
> very few leftovers}, I had a great kitchen crew, and the post-feast
> reviews were positive.
>
> Things that could have gone better:  a long story.  The event was held
> at a VFW Post with a new Post Commander who was convinced we were
> Communists who would steal the silverware and pillage the pantry if he
> didn't stand in the corner of the kitchen glaring at us with his arms
> crossed and a cigarette dangling from his lip all day {the only time
> "Commander Charming" showed a sense of humor was when he introduced his
> wife as his "Commanding Officer for the past 42 years."  What a riot!}.
> Every time you turned around, he was underfoot.
>
> When we were trying to set up Friday night, the VFW folks were having a
> party with a band {nothing like "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" to
> put you in the mood for a medieval event} and grilling steaks, so we
> couldn't get into the kitchen.  We weren't allowed into the building
> until 10 am Saturday; when we finally got in, they had thoughtfully left
> us all their dirty dishes in the sink for us to wash.  So, we didn't
> have the greatest working relationship with the site.
>
> The other problem was the weather.  Halfway through the feast, it
> started sleeting, with a later chance of snow.  The Queen lives in the
> mountains of North Carolina and wanted to get off-site ASAP, so we had
> to dish out the remaining food pell mell.  It also meant that half the
> clean up crew bailed out to beat the weather.  By 11:30, it was me and 2
> pre-teen girls doing the last of the clean-up.
>
> As to the feast itself, it went as follows {I don't read Latin, so there
> are probably horrendous grammatical errors, but I won't have a snit if
> someone corrects them!}:
>
> I.      AQUA ODORIFERA ALE MANE
>         {Fragrant Water for Washing Hands}
>
> II.     MALIS UVAM IUGLANDE ET AMYGDALIS
>         {Apples, Raisins, Walnuts, and Almonds}
>
>         PANE ET BUTYRO
>         {Bread and Butter}
>
> III.    ESCICIUM EX CARNE
>         {Meatballs}
>
>         CONDITUM PANTODAPUM
>         {Seasoned Salad}
>
> IV.     GALINE HO CAPONI CUMSUO SAPORE
>         {Chickens or Capons with Their Sauce}
>
>         VERMICELLI
>         {Pasta}
>
> V.      CARNERO CUM BRODETTO ET RISO
>         {Mutton with Thick Broth and Rice}
>
>         TORTA BULIGNESA
>         {Bolognese Tart}
>
> VI.     PORCELLO
>         {Roast Pork}
>
>         BRODO NERO PER PIATTI X
>         {Dark Sauce for 10 Platters}
>
> VII.    PIRUM IN TORTA
>         {Pear Tart}
>
>         NUCATO
>         {Honey-Almond Candy}
>
>         PISTACIIS
>         {Pistachio Nuts}
>
> I'll break the recipes down into several postings.
>
> John le Burguillun
>
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