[Sca-cooks] Cooking period foods resembling modern foods

[Stefan li Rous]

  Pani Jadwiga Zajaczkowa commented:
> I know in the past it may have been necessary to get away from period
> foods that were like modern foods. But I think that looking for period
> foods that are cooked similarly to modern foods may be an idea whose
> time has come.
But actually we have been doing this for some time in particular 
situations.
How many folks have served one of the period egg dishes for breakfast 
at an event? I don't think there is evidence of *any* of these dishes 
being specified as a breakfast dish in period. Until late in period, 
breakfast seems to have been frowned upon. So in this case we are 
serving a period recipe *because* it resembles a modern dish that folks 
expect to have at breakfast, not dinner. Many probably would not go for 
feast leftovers in the morning, even though that would probably be the 
more period thing to do. Some would go for this. But then some people 
eat cold pizza and warm beer for breakfast, too. blech.

Stefan
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