SC - Mongol Cooking

[Elaine Koogler]

Drake,
I've taken the liberty of forwarding your request for assistance to a friend who
has done a fair amount of research in Mongol cultures, and may be able to suggest
some things for you.

Kiri

"Mark.S Harris" wrote:

> Drake commented:
> > I'm kinda glad I'm living in Australia when redacting recipes from ASFTQ, as
> > Mutton is dirt cheap and plentiful, but we have no one researching (or even
> > seriously interested in) other parts of Mongol culture.  I'd love to run a
> > feast with Mongol food but I have little idea of the other parts that would
> > need to be present (such as entertainment, garb, serving style, etc.) to make
> > it an enjoyable evening.   Anyone offer any pointers?
>
> Well, you might want to check these files in the Florilegium:
> In the CULTURES section:
> Mongl-Mission-art  (9K) 12/16/99    "Mission to the Mongols" by Bojegei
> (Kate
>                                        Bercaw). Period comments about
> Mongols.
> Mongols-msg       (52K)  4/16/01    Mongol culture, bibliography. Mongol
> horses.
> Mongols-N-o-B-art (60K)  1/ 7/01    "Mongols - Nomads or Barbarians" by
> Baroness
>                                        Catriona Macpherson, GoA.
>
> I also have permission to add the Compleat Anachronist on Mongols to
> the Florilegium. I just haven't had time to work on that, yet.
>
> In the FOOD-BY-REGION section:
> fd-Mongols-msg    (42K) 11/ 8/00    Food of the Mongols. Recipes.
>
> In the BEVERAGES section:
> kumiss-msg        (34K)  3/26/01    Mongol drink made from mare's milk.
>
> In the STRUCTURES section:
> yurts-msg         (90K) 12/ 2/99    Round Mongol tents also called gers.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Stefan li Rous
> stefan at texas.net
> ============================================================================
>
> To be removed from the SCA-Cooks mailing list, please send a message to
> Majordomo at Ansteorra.ORG with the message body of "unsubscribe SCA-Cooks".
>
> ============================================================================