[Sca-cooks] non-sweet Elizabethan dishes

[Kirrily Robert]

Stefan asked:
> Well, I assume when you say "Elizabethan" you mean English. If so, what
>
> is the appropriate name for that time period when you are talking about
> other countries?

Well, some countries have their own names for that period, but you'd be
safe saying "16th century" or "late 16th century" in general.

> Anyway, sugar still being somewhat expensive, yet a
> new item, seems to show up in a lot of the upper class formal dishes
> of that time period, especially in England. But in quantity, I suspect
> our civilization consumes more sugar. We just don't put it in the same
> places.
>
> Anyway, I looked through this file in the FEASTS section, and there
> are a number of vegetable dishes in this file which do not contain
> sugar.
>
> Elizabet-Fst-art  (30K)  5/ 8/01    An Elizabethian feast menu and references.

Yes, thank you, found it already :)  I have snarfed the "sodde eggs"
recipe, it sounds like a good one.

Yours,

Katherine

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