[Sca-cooks] About the Potluck....

[Harris Mark.S-rsve60]

MD/Marged asked:
<the 12th is my birthday>

>>So who is making the cake?

Ah, but since that is the same day as the SCA-Cooks pot luck,
I think a period cake/pastry would be best.

Here are a few files which might provide a starting point:
14C-Sweets-art    (17K)  9/14/00    "Sweets and Treats of the 14C"
                                       by Lady Hauviette d'Anjou.
3-Span-Sweets-art (13K)  4/26/01    Three Spanish sweet dishes from de Nola by
                                       Vicente.
Andlsn-Pstres-art (20K) 11/24/01    "Andalusian Pastries" by Dinah bint Ismai'l.
cookies-msg       (99K)  1/ 8/02    Period cookies. Recipes.
Digby-Cakes-art   (12K)  6/30/01    "Excellent Small Cakes Revisited"
                                       by Tirloch of Tallaght.
gingerbread-msg   (45K)  2/26/02    Medieval gingerbread. Recipes.
pastries-msg     (126K)  6/20/01    Medieval pastries. Recipes.
Rosquillas-msg    (15K)  6/20/01    Spanish pastry of biscotti-like rings.
shortbread-msg    (32K)  1/12/01    Period shortbread. Recipes and directions.

And since "birthday cakes" usually have icing:
Sugar-Icing-art   (36K) 11/10/01    "Sugar Icing" by Johnnae llyn Lewis. Some
                                       notes on sugar icing in late period.
sugar-icing-msg    (6K)  1/16/02    Period sugar icing/frosting.

Now to find enough small tallow candles...

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net