SC - Re: feast/paying

[Stefan li Rous]

> Actually , yes. There are  many pictures that show bowls of food
sitting
> around the table. There are also descriptions of sharing dishes as
well as
> descrioptions that suggest that the feast consisted of those dishes
which
> were within your reach. OTOH, we have no evidence that meals were
served up
> in individual portions which seem to be a modern affectation based on
profit
> margins/portion control concepts.

Yes, I've always thought this was horrible. But try telling THAT to all
the non-culinary folks out there. I've even had a challenge with a
Chivdude where I asked him to prove to me "they did it that way"!

As an aside, someone (sorry cant remember who) posted something about a
MESSE. I read thru it very quickly (The Ealdormere-List is EXPLODING at
the moment) and something is niggling in the back of my mind (its
getting really crowded back there at the moment). Considering what Messe
means, is there a correlation between that and the Middle Eastern term
"mezze"? Looks remarkably similar to me.

Micaylah
~who goes ahead and serves mostly everything together anyway!~