SC - OOP - Black Food

[Christine A Seelye-King]

Rivka asked:
> I am in the beginning stages of planning a feast.  I am considering an
> eastern european feast.  
> 
> I would like to include pierogys with a riccotta like cheese filling with
> currents, honey and a few spices.  
> 
> I see nothing in their construction or ingrediants that would preclude me
> from using them in my feast.  
> 
> The dough is flour, eggs, salt and water, the filling would have been
> available the cooking technique is simple and the end result is delicious.

But whether something like this was done in period is the question, not
just whether the ingredients are period. Ground meat, pickled cucumbers,
mustard sauces, lettuce and round breads were period, but I've yet to
hear of any decent documentation showing the American-type hamburger was.

I'm not familar enough with this "pierogy" to even make a guess whether
it is likely to be period or not. I'm just giving you a caution that
I've heard many, many times on this list.
 
> Does anyone have any documentation regarding this food.  Also, sour krout..
> I would imagine that is also a period cabbage preperation.  

Yes, I remember discussing this on this list. Check this file in the
FOOD-BY-REGION section of my Florilegium:
fd-Germany-msg    (84K)  5/10/00    Medieval and Period German food. Cookbooks.

These files, also in the same section, might also be of interest:
fd-East-Eur-msg    (6K)  6/ 6/00    Period food of Eastern Europe.
Recipe source
fd-Hungary-msg    (16K) 12/ 6/99    Food of period Hungary.
fd-Poland-msg     (28K)  8/25/00    Food of period Poland. Referances.
fd-Russia-msg     (41K)  2/ 8/00    Russian food. Russian cookbooks.

This file in the FOOD section might also have some info on pickled
cabbage:
pickled-food-msg (118K)  5/23/00    Medieval pickled food. recipes.

Do you have a particular region or time period in mind for your
feast? Perhaps folks here can help you more with some more details.

I'd be interested in hearing more details as your feast planning
proceeds and you actually do your feast.
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