[Sca-cooks] Help- Northern Indian sotlety ideas

[Elaine Koogler]

And take a look at both Hindu and Muslim mythology...there's some pretty incredible
stuff there as well....

Kiri

Volker Bach wrote:

> Rob Downie schrieb:
> >
> > Our 12th night's theme is "A Caravan to India", northern Indian, 15th or 16th
> > c. I think.  Anyone have any ideas on what materials and/or subject matter
> > would be the most plausible for that place and time?  I've used all sorts of
> > different foodstuffs to make subtleties in the past, so new things won't scare
> > me.
> >
> > I have NO knowledge of that area at all, but I really like to try to to make at
> > least one subtlety for all of our larger events, especially if we have visiting
> > royalty.  Even if they didn't do sotleties in that particular culture, I'd
> > still like something fancy to convey the right atmosphere - that's what
> > subtleties are all about!
>
> Elephants and camels, richly caparisoned. A
> fortress, with elaborate decorations (get a
> picture book of India's castles - they are
> stunning!). Akbar's guns. Lots of color, plenty of
> pearls and precious stones (I think you can do
> such things nicely in sugar or even buy imitation
> confectionery ready-made). If you can do and
> afford it, gold leaf was used in INdian food at
> the time as far as I know. You are looking at the
> time between the decline of the Sultanate of Delhi
> and the rise of the Mughal Empire, both Muslim
> states (so the Hindu imagery would have to be
> low-key) with strong Persian and Central Asian
> influences and a penchant for going over the top
> in terms of color and decoration.
>
> Oh, boy, are you going to have fun with this
>
> Giano
>
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