[Sca-cooks] 13th century feast

[johnna holloway]

Johnnae llyn Lewis sends greetings.
If you are up to coming up with the working recipes,
take a look at the Libellus de arte coquinaria by
Hieatt and Grewe. It dates from the early 13th century.
We were discussing this new book on the list in early July.

Stefan pointed out that there are several recipes
already in a  florilegium file under "Harpestraeng", which is
one of the manuscripts being discussed by Hieatt in this new volume.
Among those should be Duke Cariadoc's  "Icelandic Chicken".
For those who would like some more background on this series of
manuscripts take a look at this file in the FOOD-BOOKS section of
the Florilegium. Stefan gave this citation on 11 July 2001.
Harpstrang-cb-msg (34K) 10/19/99    The Harpestraeng cookbook. The
oldest
                                       cookbook in the Western world.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-BOOKS/Harpstrang-cb-msg.html

Hope this helps.

Johnna Holloway


Olwen the Odd wrote:
>
> Great.  We discussed this feast at Cooks Guild last Saturday.
>
> All right folks on the list.  The theme is 13th century.  I am officially
> asking for any suggestions, including documentation, of possible inclusion
> on the menu.  I know I do not have cookbooks from that time so HELP!
>
> Yes, I did talk to the Guild about my asking for suggestions here.  So here
> is everyone's chance to help us out.  And anyone who can should try to make
> it to Atlantia Kingdom Twelfth Night.
>
> Olwen
>