[Sca-cooks] Never ever work with a renn faire...

[Signora Apollonia Margherita degli Albizzi]

What about sweet potatoes?  Or yams?  Were they period?  Is this the renn
fair over near Charlotte?

Apollonia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Generys ferch Ednuyed" <generys at blazemail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 12:46 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Never ever work with a renn faire...


> OK, so I made the mistake of agreeing to cook a feast for a madrigal
dinner
> a almost-local (5 hour drive away, but oh well) rennaisance faire is
doing.
> However, they're cheap (this is a fundraiser) and they have this thing
about
> "appearing" medieval, rather than being.  One of the dishes in my proposed
> menu was a rice pilaf - not period, but at the very least medievaloid.
They
> didn't like that, saying "it's too modern" - ok, it probably was, *but* -
> guess what they proposed instead?  Roasted potatoes - "They *seem*
> medieval".... (yes that's a quote).  SO... does anyone have any ideas of a
> starch type dish that's both something cheap and something that the
average
> *modern* person will eat?  <sigh... i hope this is worth what I'm getting
> paid>
>
> Generys
>
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