[Sca-cooks] medieval Japanese [food] for the total novice..

[Patrick Levesque]

My knowledge of Heian Japan is very limited, but I think I remember
something about people eating chicken or meat, and "pretending" for
appearances sake that it was something else (like fish)... even though
nobody would actually get fooled by this, this would have been a convenient
way to vary their diet.

I Couldn't point the exact reference, might be in Murasaki's Diary, not in
the Tale of Gengi as far as I remember...  I can't even garantee the
authenticity, but I'll try and find out more

Petru







>My understanding is that it does not.  But it does give more of an idea as
>to what foods/ingredients are period for Japan...not to mention culinary
>customs, etc.  I suspect it may well be something like the Chinese food
>history I already have..
>
> Mote, Frederick W.   "Yuan and Ming".  Food in Chinese Culture.  Ed. K. C.
>Chang.  London:  Yale University Press, 1977.
>
>This one has great information about Chinese culinary history and customs,
>but absolutely no recipes.
>
>Kiri
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