[Sca-cooks] Re: I hate olives...

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On 11 Jul 2002, at 23:23, Mark S. Harris wrote:

> Brighid ni Chiarain said:
> Then again, I don't think I need a lot of olives.  These will be
> served with dessert, as per period practice (with cheese, preserves,
> nuts, and dried fruit). <<<<<
>
> I've seen very little information here or elsewhere on how olives were
> eaten in period and certainly no indication of them being eaten at the
> end of a meal. So more information please including where you saw
> this. Or perhaps a period menu that details this?

Yes, there is a period menu.  It's for a Spanish archbishop, and it's in the
Florilegium in this file:
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/p-menus-msg.text

The menu ends with "olives and cheese, 50 walnuts".

Slightly post-period, there is a menu for a Christmas banquet in the
Spanish royal court from the early 17th century.  It appears in an 18th
century edition of a cookbook that was written in 1611 (_Arte de Cozina_
by Francisco Martinez Montiño).  Also the 1609 _Arte de Cozina_ by
Domingo Hernandez de Maceras.  Both list olives, cheese and nuts in the
dessert course, plus assorted fruits and sweets.


Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
rcmann4 at earthlink.net