[SCA-Cooks] Medieval cooking for non-cooks

[Tara Sersen Boroson]

>>Whoop! Whoop! Nope- that wasn't Tantalus- Tantalus was the one with the
>>perpetual thirst and the cup just out of reach. The one Stefan was
>>referring to was Sisyphus, who had to roll the boulder up the hill, only
>>to have it roll back down again.
>
> Extra points for any culinary connections to these myths.

Hey, Tantalus is easy.  He was condemned to stand in a pool of water
with boughs of lucious fruit hanging over his head.  Each receeded from
his grasp when he tried to reach them.

Sisyphus is a bit more of a stretch...  One of his indescretions did
involve deceiving Persephone, she of the pomegranate seeds.  But, that's
a pretty weak link.

-Magdalena