[Sca-cooks] 13th century feast

[Elaine Koogler]

I just checked AddAll.com, and Books-a-milliion has ththe Hieatt and Grewe for
$25.98 including shipping and handling.  I had planned to purchase it
anyway...so, Olwen, if you guys want it, I'll go ahead and get it for you.

Kiri

johnna holloway wrote:

> 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
> >
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