RE [Sca-cooks] alternatives to honey butter

[Christina Nevin]

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> Kiriel sagt
> I have never been to a feast where honey butter was served. Ever. In 18
years of SCAing - honey butter must be a non-Lochac habit. I haven't
actually seen a period recipe for butter flavoured in any way, and would
love to have some references if anyone has some!

Honey butter? Just say no!
<grin>

Yeah, I'm one of those unreconstructed cooks who refuses to serve honey or
herb butter with her feasts. Unless of course you're an infant, elderly, or
have consumption <grin>. Here is an email excerpt I sent with references:

> But until that time I'm sticking to the belief that it was a
> palliative and medicinal food only - as mentioned in
> Anthimus' C.6th "De observatione ciborum" (and
> possibly in the AngloSaxon Leech book?).
> No mention of it as otherwise until the recipes in Hugh
> Plat's 1594 "Jewel-house of Arte & Nature" for sage butter,
> and various spice butters (clove and cinnamon if I rightly
> remember) as 'dainty butters'. I think he also does one with
> rosewater and sugar. But these butters are late C.16th, and
> can't be stretched back to the medieval period.
> But as I said, show me the documentation and I'll convert.

Needless to say, no-one has managed to get me to convert yet!

If you look in Hugh Platt, the recipes look rather nice.

ciao
Lucrezia (Card-carrying member of the Cooks Rights against Adulterated
Butter Items or CRABI  ;-)



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