[Sca-cooks] Actual Historic Feast Menus

[johnna holloway]

I can think of two sources that people might use and don't--

Benporat, Claudio. Feste e banchetti. 2001.
Also his Cucina Italiana del Quattrocento, 1996, 2001.
(An original contemporary account in Italian of 'lanie's wedding banquet
menu that was mentioned on the list earlier this fall appears in
Benporat.)

Another is the following:
A Collection of ordinances and regulations for the government of the
Royal household,
made in divers reigns, from King Edward III to King William and Queen
Mary. Also receipts in ancient cookery.
which was published by the Society of Ant. in 1790. It was filmed in
1975 as part of the History of Women Collection. The book was reprinted
in 1970.

There are a number of menus that can be found in various published
archival records. They require access to a collection that owns them and
someone willing to put the time in to bring them to the light of day.

Johnnae llyn Lewis   Johnna Holloway



lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
>
> I made a comment in a previous post that most of the "period" *menus*
> i've seen are rather meat heavy (i recall on that had 4 or 5 meat
> dishes per course, and IIRC, there were 10 courses, and, again IIRC,
> there are about 3 or 4 vegetable dishes in the feast - I will look
> for this if someone wants.
>
> Anyway, my memory is limited. I'm sure there are more menus than i
> have looked at.
>
> What complete or fairly complete menus are out there for us to study?
>
> What historic menus have people based feasts on?
>
> Include sources, please. My library is pretty good, but i don't
> remember everything i've read. And there are doubtless good sources i
> haven't seen...
>
> Anahita
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