[Sca-cooks] help with nomail

[Ana L. Valdés]

Someone who remember how to do to go nomail two weeks? I am going to a 
yoga course and I must set my mail to nomail until the 5th July.
Ana



Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:

>
> On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 03:30  PM, <jenne at fiedlerfamily.net>  
> wrote:
>
>>> I found this searching for Midevil cookbooks on ebay.  Does anyone  
>>> know
>>> anything about this book?  They have 45 of them in a dutch auction  
>>> but I
>>> don't want to bid if it's not a good source.
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ 
>>> eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3527409310&category=11108
>>
>>
>> I wasn't very satisfied with the interpretations and redactions in
>> _Travelling Dysshes_ myself. If you would like a cookbook of this type,
>> both Pleyn Delight and The Medieval Kitchen by Redon et. al. are quite
>> good.
>
>
> I should preface any response by saying I have never actually read 
> the  entire book, except for the recipes that have been posted here,  
> supposedly from that source. Rather than say I'm not entitled to an  
> opinion (when has that ever stopped anybody on _this_ list ;-) ? ),  
> I'll say my opinion is based on a limited sample, and the reader can  
> take it from there.
>
> The impression I get is that these dishes are somewhat tweaked from  
> their original sources in order to make them more convenient for  
> traveling and for camping events, much in the way you can get recipes  
> for dishes to be eaten at Scout Camp that in various ways diverge 
> from  what you'd ordinarily be eating. Makes sense, hence the name.
>
> I think there may also be a tendency on the part of the authors to  
> assume that any recipe that can be tweaked (and renamed) to resemble 
> a  common modern dish is a positive step. To some extent I agree with  
> this, in that it tends to minimize or eliminate the alien factor of  
> some period food, and possibly allow more people to react with 
> openness  rather than xenophobia.
>
> On the other hand, I think, again, from what I've seen, that  
> "Travelling Dishes" may be taking it too far. The example that comes 
> to  mind is the dish of chicken hacked up, boiled, and served in  
> sweet-and-sour sauce, being popularly known as "Medieval Chicken  
> McNuggets", and suitably altered to make this comparison more valid  
> (boneless chunks, floured [I think], sauteed or fried, sauced).
>
> I know that this recipe alone has led to my hearing, and seen posted  
> here, statements like, "And did you know Chicken McNuggets are 
> period?  I can document them!"
>
> It's probably no worse than "To The King's Taste", and probably 
> better  than "Fabulous Feasts", at least in that regard, but I'm 
> concerned  about the message it seems to send.
>
> Adamantius
>
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