[Sca-cooks] period foods and allergiesTests, Argan oil, What else??

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

i suppose i am just frustrated that at *most* of the feasts i go to, almost
all the dishes have garlic in them. which means i cannot eat them, which
means i end up not going to most feasts.
and people say i dont socialize enough in the SCA.. kinda hard to do if you
cant eat there!

but when i tried to gently point out to a local officer that it is difficult
when almost all the food items share a "common ingredient" and if you are
allergic to that ingredient you cant eat anything, i was told. firmly. that
garlic is an essential componant in most medieval food.
Kirsten Houseknecht
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kirsten at fabricdragon.com
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Philadelphia, PA     USA
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Myers"

>
> On Feb 11, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Kirsten Houseknecht wrote:
>
> > well, i am trying to figure out how to manage a period feast, with no
> > garlic
> > (or very little)
> > now i can justify a lot under the "we ran out of garlic" theory.. but i
> > would prefer recipes with no or very little garlic
> >
> > i am allergic enough that i cant touch the stuff to bare skin.
>
> Of course a lot depends on the time period, but there are heaps of
> period recipes that don't use garlic.  It only shows up in 11 of the
> nearly 500 recipes in "Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery Books" (2%), in 12
> of the 286 recipes in "Forme of Cury" (4%), and doesn't show up at all
> in any of the 50 recipes in "A Proper newe Booke of Cokerye".
>