SC - Early British food

Wed Mar 14 18:46:00 PST 2001

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In a message dated 3/13/2001 5:52:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, uther at lcc.net 
writes:

> I am doing research on Medieval dining practices...feasts and how they were 
> served kinda stuff.
> Anyone have any books to recommend?
> 

Actually, the beginning of Fabulous Feasts by Madeline Pelner Cosman is 
really good for this.  Just don't believe that any of her recipes are really 
medieval or Renaissance.  I've never understood how someone who could 
document the physical items and practices associated with feasting so well 
could have then gone on and made such a mess out of the recipe section.  It's 
as if she totally abandoned everything she knew about doing and presenting 
good research when she got to the recipes.

Brangwayna Morgan

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<HTML>In a message dated 3/13/2001 5:52:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, uther at lcc.net 
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 <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I am doing research on Medieval dining practices...feasts and how they were 
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 Anyone have any books to recommend?
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 Actually, the beginning of Fabulous Feasts by Madeline Pelner Cosman is 
 really good for this.  Just don't believe that any of her recipes are really 
 medieval or Renaissance.  I've never understood how someone who could 
 document the physical items and practices associated with feasting so well 
 could have then gone on and made such a mess out of the recipe section.  It's 
 as if she totally abandoned everything she knew about doing and presenting 
 good research when she got to the recipes.
 
 Brangwayna Morgan</HTML>

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