SC - Re: Easy period soups?

[Olwen the Odd]

I have been reading this thread and am constantly reminded of what I learned 
as a child when going on long hunting trips with my uncle.  We used to take 
dryed meats, veggies and fruits with us.  Some of these we would eat in the 
dried form, but much of it turned into stews and soups.  We, of course, 
added whatever fresh things, plant or small game, but we never went without 
a good meal.  I still practice this when on a road trip and camping.  I have 
no reason to think this type of thing was unheard of in the distant past.  
Anybody have an opinion?
Olwen


>From: david friedman <ddfr at best.com>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: SC - Re: Easy period soups?
>Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 00:13:19 -0700
>
>At 5:25 PM -0500 9/29/00, Diana L Skaggs wrote:
>>At 11:18 AM 9/29/00 -0700, you wrote:
>>>What we need isn't a chicken soup recipe, it is a soup recipe as easy
>>>and inexpensive to make as dumping soup powder into boiling water, or
>>>at least close. I don't think yours qualifies, since it is going to
>>>take a fairly long cooking period with people paying attention, and
>>>the chicken has to be kept in a cooler or something until it is
>>>cooked. It's possible that the people doing support for the Calontir
>>>Army would be willing to go to that much trouble, but my guess is not.
>>>David/Cariadoc
>>
>>Nope, can't see it.  A soup as simple to make as pouring a packet of
>>ingredients into a pot of boiling water.  I was going to suggest meat,
>>pre-cooked and frozen in plasticware. Take to site. Put in pot over fire,
>>begin to thaw and add veges.  It would still take someone to watch over 
>>the
>>pot, although it wouldn't take all day. My cooking pride won't let me fix
>>something like dehydrated soup at an event. I can picture myself at the
>>list field with my two-burner propane stove and huge pot stirring soup 
>>that
>>smells good enough to pull fighters off the field...
>>Leanna
>
>But what we need is not something you would do but something they are
>willing to do. They have a lot of people to feed, limited resources
>to do it with, and have worked out ways that work. To persuade them
>to change to period foods, we need to offer period alternatives that
>aren't much harder than what they are now doing.
>--
>David Friedman
>Professor of Law
>Santa Clara University
>ddfr at best.com
>http://www.daviddfriedman.com/
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