[Sca-cooks] food in season and how to cook it (was OLD thread)

[Elaine Koogler]

Actually, I believe that certain types of watermelon were available from Africa,
though others on the list can probably correct me.

Kiri

Jane Sitton wrote:

> Hmmm.  Nice topic.
>
> Coming into season:
>
> chiles, tomatoes, watermelon, okra, peaches.  I suppose peaches would have
> been the only thing, period wise, that would have been available to me.
> Dunno if peach cobbler is period, but I would have made a peach pie or peach
> tart of some sort.
>
> When did brown sugar come into use?  Personally, I like a bowl of sliced
> peaches, swimming in cream, sprinkled with brown sugar and just a hint of
> cinnamon.  I really only like honey as a sweetener on peaches when I'm
> having it in oatmeal.  Ideally, though, the peaches should be sweet enough
> on their own.
>
> Madelina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Decker, Margaret [mailto:margaret at Health.State.OK.US]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 2:04 PM
> To: 'sca-cooks at ansteorra.org'
> Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] Old?
>
> <snip>
>
> Ah my dears. I am 61, and while I have a few gray hairs, they are hard to
> find.  So can we get back to food?  What's coming into season where you are
> and how would you have fixed it in period? Margarite
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