SC - TI article?

[Sue Clemenger]

Cool idea.  Perhaps there could be several for, oh, different regions,
or main parts of the corpus (is that the right word?), or different time
periods.  That way, people could, if they wished, choose to use
things/prepare things more appropriate for their persona.
- --Maire

"James F. Johnson" wrote:
> 
> Listening to Puck list off the foods he was preparing for the sideboard
> gave me the thought that it would be nice to compile a list/recipe book
> of medieval cuisine that is practical for event camping and
> aforementioned dayboard. Specifically, those that could be prepared
> before an outdoor event and transported easily, or easily made on site,
> as opposed to in a well-equiped indoor kitchen. I personally am still
> familiarizing myself with medieval cuisine, and am not always sure what
> is pragmatic for cooking in the field, or not.
> 
> Then later the idea came that such a collection would make a fine
> Compleat Anachronist edition, perhaps two or three. On the face, it
> appears to be a recipe book for easy to make field food, quick meals for
> fighters, etc. A little less overtly is the fact that they all are
> 'period' recipes. (on this point, I'm not sure if it'd be better to
> include the original recipe on the same page, or list them in order in a
> appendix in the back, so those prejudiced aren't immediately aware that
> this is 'period' food). Include subject indices by region, major time
> periods, and primary ingredients. Present it as an SCA cookbook of easy
> to make and/or practical recipes. It just also happens to be
> 'all-period' as well.
> 
> As I looked over the several CAs I have, most run from 50-100 pages.
> Allowing for two full pages per recipes, that's no more than 25-50
> recipes per edition, give or take for introductions, indices, and
> appendices. Surely we could come up with that many once or twice.
> 
> Seumas
> --
> Roi ne suis prince, ni duc, ni comte aussi; je suis sire de
> Bruyerecourt.
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