[Sca-cooks] 1637 Karamonoya Domi Kaiseki Meal

[Gaylin Walli]

                       Subject:  1637 Karamonoya Domi Kaiseki Meal

                       Cort, Louise Allison. (1990). Japanese ceramics
and cuisine.
                       _Asian Art_, 3 (1), 9-35.

                       (from page 19)


                       Kaiseki Meal

                       Served by Karamonoya Domi,
                       an antique dealer from the Sanjo district of
Kyoto, in 1637,
                       5th month, 21st day, morning, for four guests.


                       -- TRAY --
                       (unlaquered Japanese cedar tray)
                       Dried sea slug, slivered and simmered in broth,
                       in a lacquer bowl with fine horizontal grooves
                       Soup, containing eggplant
                       Rice
                       Pickles, dried melon cucumber and prickly ask
berries, passed by host


                       -- "PASSED AROUND" DISH --
                       Carp, simmered in sake and served with
mustard-vinegar sauce
                       Grilled sweetfish
                       Cowpeas
                       Sillago, grilled

                       -- SWEETS --
                       Jellied arrowroot dumplings
                       Cloud-ear mushrooms
                       Chestnuts