[Sca-cooks] Imaginary list

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Also sprach jenne at fiedlerfamily.net:
>  > > Savory Toasted Cheese, which is post-period
>
>Anybody tried the cheese dish on toast from Take a Thousand Eggs which
>seems similar to Savory Toasted Cheese...
>
>By the way does anyone know why people insist on serving Tart for Ember
>Day all the time? I mean, even medieval people only ate the stuff 4 times
>a year, as far as I can tell.
>
>"Ember day: A day reserved for prayer and fasting by some Christian
>churches, observed on the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first
>Sunday of Lent, after Whitsunday, after September 14, and after December
>13." -- American Heritage Dictionary

Wouldn't that work out to 12 days a year? 3 days in the week after
the first Sunday in Lent, 3 days in the week after Whitsun or
Pentecost, etc. .

I wonder why they're called Ember days, and if it has anything to do
with keeping fires lit but banked, in which case certain types of
foods might be indicated as a good idea. Could this be evidence of a
religious restriction helping to define a cooking style, as with
Cholent?

I ask for opinions on this because I'm a little surprised to see that
there don't seem to be any _other_ examples of Ember Day cookery
besides tarts.

>-- Jadwiga, who is not looking forward to the necessity of learning to
>bake pies in order to be considered an authentic cook.

Hey, if others' expectations matter, then they matter ;-( . If not,
then there's no problem. And if you decide you do want to learn, let
me know; I'm not the best pastry person on the planet but I'm not
bad, either.

Adamantius