[Sca-cooks] The Feast of St. Martin

[Philippa Alderton]

--- Barbara Benson <vox8 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> So far I have determined that he is known as the
> patron saint of both wine
> makers and drunkards. His feast day is November
> 11th, the French ate Goose
> and the Anglo-Saxons ate pig. Apparently a Cock was
> also sacrificed on this
> day. Also, I have found one reference to Venetian
> children running through
> the streets and banging pots & pans in celebration.
>
> I am trying to create a single course based on St.
> Martin's day - and from
> what I can figure it was a big feast day, I just
> cannot figure out what was
> served.

Well, specific dishes served for a Saint's day are not
as common as you seem to think. There are numbers of
saints, and some are associated with particular
foodstuffs and meals, and some aren't.