[Sca-cooks] Festival of the Rose: Menu

[Stefan li Rous]

Bear replied to me with:
> >> > > Livering Puddings (Queen's Taste)
> >
> >Oh yes. Forgot to ask. Is this a pudding made from
> >liver?
>
> The original recipe is for hog's liver.  Sass substitutes chicken livers.

Thanks. This substitution may make sense. I think I can probably find
chicken livers sold in seperate packages at my grocery. I've got no
idea where I would find pig liver. Perhaps at a specialized butcher?
Has anyone tasted both chicken and pig livers? How different do they
taste?

> >This too, makes a lot more sense than the way it was
> >originally stated. Since there is some question just
> >how white the medieval flour and sugar was, using
> >the darker versions of these may be a reasonable compromise.
> >--
> >THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>
> I doubt this is allergy related.  Usually if you are allergic to one, you
> are allergic to the other.  Whole wheat, still having the germ in it, is the
> flour I would expect to trigger an allergic reaction.  BTW, how does she
> feel about unbleached flour?
>
> As an opinion, choosing whole wheat over white flour and brown sugar and
> honey over white sugar are more likely to be matters of personal taste.

Well, yes. But I didn't feel it was necessary to argue whether it
was it was a real allergy or not. Since it is a small meal and this
meal is given for this lady, I can see making these changes. Afterall,
I don't think it deviates that much from period practice. However, if
the Queen were to ask that chocolate mousse be served to everyone as
part of the feast, I would have a decidely different reaction. :-)

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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
   Mark S. Harris            Austin, Texas          stefan at texas.net
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