SC - Surviving Estrella War

Mark S. Harris stefan at texas.net
Sun Jan 28 16:43:41 PST 2001


"Entertaining Elizabeth I," by June Osborne, doesn't have the coronation menu. 
There's a brief throw-away line about Elizabeth dining before going out to meet
the populace on her coronation day, and that's it.

It does, however, include a couple of expense sheets for other dinners:

Expenses of the Queen's Table, 1576

"The Queenes Majesty's dyett as she hath bene daylye servid.

Breakfast

Cheate and mancheate
Ale and beare
Wine

Flesh for pottage.

Mutton for the pott
Longe bones
Ise bones
Chines of beafe
Short bones
Chines of beafe
Connyes
Butter

Flesh for pottes.

Mutton for the pott
Long bones
Ise bones
Chines of beef
Chines of mutton
Short bones
Chines of veal
Chickens for grewell
Veale
Chines of beafe
Butter

"Sunday Supper the 19th of November, anno ut supra."

"The Queenes Majesty's booke"
1st Course
Cheate and mancheate
Bere and ale
Wine
Fleshe for the potte,
Mutton boyled
Mutton rost
Capon gr.
Herons
Connyes
Chickins bake

2nd Course.
Lambe or kydde
Cocks or godwitts
Partridges
Pejons or plovers
Larks
Tarte
Butter
Eggs

"The Queenes Majesty's daylie service."
1st Course
Cheate and mancheate
Bere and ale
Wine
Sallets
Mutton boylde
Chickins boylde
Larks boyde
Partirdges
Slised beafe
Mutton rost
Capon gr.
Chickins
Teales
Tonges
Udders
Cocks
Chickin pies
Doucetts

2nd Course
Feasants
Partridges
Snites
Plovers
Larks
Connyes
Bitters
Great birdes
Larks bake
Tarte
Butter
Eggs

"Mondaye Dynner the 20th of November, anno ut supra."
"The Queenes Majesty's booke."
Cheate and mancheate
Bere and ale
Wine

1st Course
Fleshe for the pott,
Beafe
Mutton
Veale
Signet
Capon gr.
Connyes
Friants
Custerde
Fritter

2nd Course
Lambe or kidde
Herons or feas
Cocks or goodwitts
Chickin
Pejons
Larks
Tarte
Fritter
Butter
Eggs

"The Queenes Majesty's daylie service."
Cheate and mancheate
Bere and ale
Wine

1st Course
Capon gr. boylde
Cocks boylde
Larks b.
Chickins b.
Mutton b.
Salt brewes
Beafe
Beafe
surloyne
Veale rost
Capon gr.
Cocks
Plover
Snites
Connye pies
Custerde

2nd Course
Pullets gr.
Teales
Partridges
Fesants
Chickins
Connys
Larks bake
Tarte
Butter
Eggs
        Pannado.
Capon gr.
        Previe Kichen
Cheate
Mancheate

Hope this is at least a little bit helpful.

Rose


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