[Sca-cooks] ideas please

[Elaine Koogler]

Oh well....sigh....it could have been a lot of fun.  However, we may just decide to
do it anyway.  I'll check with the cooks.

Kiri

johnna holloway wrote:

> Johnnae llyn Lewis sends greetings.
>
> Twelfth Night cakes recipes and history in England are described
> in Bridget Ann Henisch's Cakes and Characters. An English
> Christmas Tradition. Prospect Books, 1984. ISBN:0-907325-21-1.
>
> You'll have to interlibrary loan it. It's been OP for years.
> The recipe section found that while they had all the parts of
> what was needed for a proper 12th Night Cake in the 17th century,
> the cake, the icing, and the marzipan, the trio hadn't been put
> together yet.
>
> Johnna Holloway
>
> Elaine Koogler wrote:
> >
> > I've been turning over the idea of the Lord of Misrule as a possible thing to
> > use for things at the event.  I have also been wondering if the concept of the
> > Twelfth Night Cake is period.  It seems to me that it should be, but I haven't
> > found any actual documentation.  I do have a traditional recipe, with
> > information about how it was used in the early days of New Orleans from the
> > Picayune cookbook, but that's about it.  Anyone have any ideas?  If it is
> > period, are there any recipes that we could possibly use?
> >
> > Kiri
> >
> > Olwen the Odd wrote:
> >
> > > OK folks.  More annoying questions.  Does anyone have any idea where I can
> > > go to find out about 13th century (or so) winter holiday decorations, plants
> > > that may have been used for decoration, oh, I don't know.  I'm kinda
> > > thrashing about trying to find ideas for soltelties for the 12th night feast
> > > or dessert board.  If I can find anything.  Cripes, I wish holly were
> > > period~dead easy in marzipan!  Hmmm, maybe birds??
> > >
> > > Lady Olwen the Odd
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