[Sca-cooks] Period Foods: How to Fake It!

[Huette von Ahrens]

I have never "faked" anything.  If I ever served
non-period food, I always stated that it was
non-period.  I have an extreme dislike of people
who try to pass stuff off as period when it
isn't.
Why?  Because there will be someone new who will
come along, see what you have done, emulate it
and think that they are doing period work when
they are not.  When you then ask them about their
"research", their answer will invariably be "Lady
Soandso did it and she would never do anything
non-period, would she?"

The only "faking" that I recall doing was as a
banquet joke.  I was doing a Viking banquet when
Selene jokingly suggested that we include
lutefisk.  Knowing that few would eat real
lutefisk, I made modern almond jello in
fish-shaped molds and served it as "lutefisk". 
Those who actually tried the dish got the joke. 
And I never passed off almond jello as period.  

Huette

--- Cera Chonaill <cera_chonaill at hotmail.com>
wrote:
> I’m looking a running a simple periods cooking
> discussion at our 12th night 
> (the feast of fools) on how to do period
> lunches and off board meals without 
> needing to research recipes. Bottom line, how
> to make it appear and even 
> possibly taste like period food without any
> real work. Things like foods 
> that can be prepped ahead of time, stand up to
> travel and can be eaten cold.
> 
> To this end, for the fun of it, I thought I’d
> ask the list, how have you 
> faked it in the past. What more modern recipes
> have you passed of as period 
> (looking) to make your life simpler and table
> spread look more authentic? 
> Before you answer that, BBQ chicken for the
> grocery store doesn’t count 
> since whom here hasn’t done that at least once.
> :-)
> 
> In Service and making a messing of her kitchen,
> 
> Cera
> 
>
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