SC - Archaeologists Recreate Famous King's Entombed Meal

[Olwen the Odd]

yeah.  But if we too charged (them) more like what they are asking for, the 
SCA could make a great donation to a charity!
olwen


>From: margali <margali at 99main.com>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: SC - Archaeologists Recreate Famous King's Entombed Meal
>Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:14:44 -0400
>
>It would be a hoot to get the raw data they are working from, and recreate 
>our
>own version of the feast complete with documentation and invite them. We 
>could
>pull it off for what, maybe maxing out at 15-20 a person including site 
>fee?
>
>Lessea-
>lamb and lentil stew
>barley/honey/grape beverage
>for sh&ts and giggles, dates, olives, cheese and grapes to have some 
>munchies
>onthe side and perhaps a nonalcoholic version of the drink for those who 
>don't
>drink.
>
>The lamb pre roasted, call it 2 yearling sheep - I can buy them as babys 
>and
>raise them for about 50$american
>fennel seed - $.99 at agway for 100 seeds, or about 10 lbs of cleaned 
>fennel
>bulbs and about 1 lb dried fennelleaf
>elbow grease for raising the fennel - if Rob wants his life to be comfy, he 
>WILL
>grow me that fennel!  ;-0
>olive oil - I got 1 gallon bertoli extra virgin olive oil for just about 
>$10
>barley - last time I priced it at the coop, IIRC it was $.49 a lb for the
>holistically grown stuff.
>
>I figure that if I get barley for growing from agway, perhaps 10 lbs or so 
>of
>seed[provided it isn't chemically messed with] I acn sprout and malt it, I 
>have
>about 30 lbs honey and we can get just about any kind of grape concentrate 
>from
>my brewing store [heck, for that matter I can get the malted barley there 
>also!]
>so we could probably make 2 13 gallon carboys of the hooch for about $50
>american...
>
>What is this $150 a plate crap?
>
>margali
>LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
>
> > The sad thing about all this is that the 'immanent scholars' almost 
>never
> > publish their recipes. I contacted the site about the availability of
> > original or translated recipes and received an answer that they were
> > unavailable. $150.00? Give me a break. A fool and his money soon part
> > especially when those who have the responsibility to teach and pass on
> > knowledge still with hold that knowledge after requiring such a 
>ridiculous
> > fee to eat possibly 'period' food but are unwilling to part with the 
>research
> > that led them to their 'probably' wrong conclusions.
> >
> > Ras
> > (Once again laughing at the so-called 'scholars' of the world)
>
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