RE [Sca-cooks] Butter

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> In other words, butter is a reasonable compromise as a table condiment in a
> northern European feast, even though we can not absolutely prove it was
> eaten.

None of the Janet Hinson translations of Le Menagier de Paris mention
butter on the table, but there's this tantalizing fragment:

"Arrangements for the wedding done by Master Helye in May, on a Tuesday;
dinner only for twenty bowls.
Platter: butter, none because it is a meat day. Item, cherries, none,
because none could be found; and so no platter.
Soups..."


-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net OR jenne at tulgey.browser.net OR jahb at lehigh.edu
"Are you finished? If you're finished, you'll have to put down the spoon."