[Sca-cooks] Irish Stew recipe

[Stefan li Rous]

Jaime asked:
> >I am looking for an Irish Stew recipe 10 to 14 century  any takers?

And Brighid replied with:
> Most of the descriptions I've seen of feasts in Ireland seem to
> center around roast meats.
>
> There's a web page which describes a plausible 12th century Irish-
> Norman feast.  It's based on period accounts of Irish, Norse, and
> Norman foods.  It was done by Mistress Hauviette, of this list.  No
> lamb stew mentioned, I'm afraid.
>
> http://www.netcolony.com/arts/mkcooks/afeastatcarrickfergus.html

You might also be interested in the comments and conjectures in this
file in the FOOD-BY-REGION section of the Florilegium:
fd-Ireland-msg    (37K) 12/ 6/99    Medieval Irish food. references. recipes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-BY-REGION/fd-Ireland-msg.html

If having specifically an Irish stew is not as big a concern as
having a stew-like dish, you might check this file in the FOODS-MEATS
section:
stews-bruets-msg  (65K)  5/24/00    Period stews and bruets. Recipes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/stews-bruets-msg.html

However, as Master Cariadoc notes, it appears that they did not use
many vegetables in these stews, other than a few root vegetables.
And it's not a matter of them doing it and simply not writing it
down, as adding more vegetables to these recipes would not have
made things so simple you wouldn't need a recipe.
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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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