SC - My First Feast

[Mordonna22 at aol.com]

For the record, my first SCA feast was QUITE post Middle Ages.  I made 
Seafood Gumbo.  Tomatoes AND corn.  But I had no idea there were surviving 
medieval recipes.  My hope, at the time was simply a warm, nourishing recipe, 
easy to cook over a campfire.  (I have since learned that not everyone thinks 
a roux is easy over a fire.  _I_ thought it was.)
I remember arguing with Ras and Adamantius and His Grace Duke Sir Cariadoc of 
the Bow about period vs. non period cooking.  
They've definitely converted me.
I have found few cooks in Aten who even attempt to cook medieval feasts, so I 
cannot report on how easy it is for other people to cook a tasty medieval 
recipe. However, I can tell you that I have yet to adapt a medieval recipe 
that turned out inedible.  Most are so delectable that I have problems 
cooking enough for leftovers.

Mordonna The Cook
Atenveldt