SC - pickled melon documentation

[Jenn/Yana]

Bonne wrote:
>The info from Yana on this thread was more particular. I'd appreciate 
>knowing more what is meant by 'the period part' of the Domostroi.  Date 
>Range and locale would be helpful.  (Or a complete title or ISBN so I can do 
>it myself.)

I am currently working on an article on the Domostroi as a source for SCA
research and I will post its existence to the List when it is finished (it
will be on my website and the Russian Knowledge Page).  In short, using the
Pouncy translation of the Domostroi (the only English translation
available), chapters 64-66 were added between 1600 and 1625, chapter 67 was
added in the same manner somewhat later.  In the introduction, Pouncy
states that the menus (chapters 64-66) were separate texts that were later
added to the Domostroi (and also possibly from a translation of another
European language).

My personal view is to use the menus in my SCA research, but I don't call
them "SCA period", only plausibly "SCA period", as I prefer to have people
make up their own minds about what time range should be considered "period"
for Russia (I like to use up to the time that Peter the Great came into
power).  I also always keep in mind that some of the recipes/menus may not
be Russian (but apparently known to some Russians) and that there is
possibly a class shift from middle class to upper class in the later chapters.

The Domostroi: Rules for Russian Households in the Time of Ivan the
Terrible.  Ed and trans by Carolyn Johnston Pouncy, 1994.

- --Yana