[Sca-cooks] Gooses, stuffing, endoring, ovens

[Stefan li Rous]

I just finished editing another one of Lady Constance's articles
based on her documentation for an A&S contest this last Friday.
I was so impressed with this article, that I have pushed ahead
and put it on the web ahead of my usual schedule.

This article has an excellant section on some experiments on endoring
that she has done. Constance, I think you ought to take that section,
perhaps expand upon it and write another article. I think there are
a number of folks here and elsewhere in the SCA that would be interested.
We have talked about gilding food here and I've seen it talked about
elsewhere, but I've seen very little on this endoring as opposed to applying
a gold film. For one thing, these methods might be more economical for
many folks than using the gold film. Master Admantius, you endored a food
item at the EK 12th Night this last January. From Constance's description
I suspect you used sugar in yours, right? Constance settled on honey instead
and you might want to read her experiments as honey does seem to give you
a different appearance than sugar.

She also has a section on using a medieval style, single chamber oven to cook
some things. She gives a temperature curve taken off of the thermometer in
the oven and some ideas on re-creating this curve in a modern, temperature
controlled oven. Her temperature curve is not the simple, declining curve I
would have expected.

Gos-Farced-art    (26K)  4/ 5/02    "Gos Farced & Endored - (Stuffed Roast Goose
                                       with golden glaze)" by Lady Constance de
                                       LaRose. Stuffing, endoring, ovens.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/Gos-Farced-art.html

Recently there was some discussion about dough/bread soteltie castles to
hold food selections. I also now have Constance's article on this online:
Chastlete-art     (18K)  4/ 4/02    "Chastlete, a Pastry Castle" by Lady
                                       Constance de LaRose.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/Chastlete-art.html

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