[Sca-cooks] Midrealm Coronation Lunch

[Cianna]

Would you consider sharing your booklet? Is it available 
electronically? Will you share recipes?

Thanks.

Cianna

>Hello, All.
>
>I return from my latest activity to find nearly 400 messages in the 
>inbox. I have been preoccupied of late with doing this little lunch 
>for the Midrealm Coronation which was held here at the local 
>fairgrounds last Saturday.
>For TRM Alasdair & Guenievre, I researched and created a menu based 
>in part on the household accounts of William Douglas, The Earl of 
>Angus and his Countess, Elizabeth. They were internally exiled for 
>political and religious reasons to Glasgow in 1608, and five months 
>of their household expense accounts from that period of time can be 
>found today in the National Library of Scotland. I used those 
>accounts, along with numerous other sources,  to form the basis for 
>the luncheon.
>
>I did a 20 page booklet detailing all the dishes with a massive 
>bibliography of course.
>  The Menu included:
>Oatcakes and  Barley Cakes, Assorted Breads and Manchets,
>Honey, Marmalade, Preserves, Butter,
>Selection of Artisan and Imported Cheeses,
>Feather Fowlie Soup, Salat
>Grilled Beef Steaks and Roasted Beef on a Platter,
>Peas with Mint, A Dish of Barley,
>Roasted Assorted Fowl on a Platter,
>Spiced Carrots,  Rice Florentine,
>A Jacobean Dessert Sideboard  of Various Sweet Fare
>Shortbreads, Wafers, An Arrangement of Autumn Fruits, Tarts of 
>Autumn Fruits, Candied Fruits, Lady Anne's Cheesecake, A Cream, 
>Something Chocolate! Marchepane, and Numerous Other Sweets.
>Drinks of Various Sorts with Ice.
>
>TRM  requested something Chocolate, so I did a rich brownie topped 
>with whipped cream and melted white and milk chocolate followed by a 
>topping of cocoa and more grated chocolate. The fresh whipped cream 
>won rave reviews again.
>
>In terms of how it went the one major thing I could have done 
>without is still bothering me even on Wednesday which is 4 days 
>after.
>As many of you know, I already have the bad knee on the left leg. We 
>ended up with wasps in the house as my husband and son and a local 
>helper were carrying the food out to the cars. One got under my 
>skirt and I was stung. I knew about the bite on the upper thigh; I 
>also ended up with two more bites. One on the bad knee and one on 
>ankle. The leg eventually went numb. By 2:30 when it was over I 
>could hardly drag myself up the stairs from the basement where the 
>luncheon was held. That of course didn't help as I don't do stairs 
>well these days. Then it took until 10 pm Saturday night to get 
>dishes done and packed away at home. There were other minor things 
>like I forgot to iron the tablecloths. There were no electrical 
>outlets in the basement where we were placed, although the event 
>steward said there were lots that we could use. Good thing I didn't 
>count on those. I supplied and donated all the food, tableware, 
>linens, and decorations with the exception of the cheesecake, two 
>potted mums, and some of the drinks.
>
>So I'm back and I will make my way through this backlog and be up to 
>speed playing librarian again sometime in the next couple of days.
>
>Johnnae llyn Lewis
>
>
>
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