[Sca-cooks] Re: Period foods and all that jazz....

[Sue Clemenger]

Ha, ha, everybody.  I was serious....
--maire

Olwen the Odd wrote:

>> Maire wrote:
>>
>>> 2.  During the day at the afore-mentioned Spring Feast, I am going to 
>>> be hosting a "Fiber Arts Tea," with the intention of promoting all 
>>> the different fiber-related arts and crafts practiced by our baronial 
>>> members and guests.  I would like to provide light refreshments--sort 
>>> of a light sideboard.  We don't need anything too substantial, 
>>> because there is a lunch, and there will be the feast later.  Other 
>>> than the florilegium, and one Madrone Cooking Guild pamphlet, I 
>>> really don't have any resources for period Italian cooking, let alone 
>>> nibbley stuff.  Any ideas?
>>> --maire, who guesses she's thinking about food more than she'd thought!
>>
>>
>> "Fiber Arts Tea" sounds like you should serve bran muffins and such.  ;-)
>>
>> Make sure you serve "clean hands" goodies that won't get the wool all 
>> goooey.  Maybe muffins are not such a daft idea.  Cheese chunks on 
>> toothpicks maybe. Sheep's milk cheese would compliment the "fiber 
>> arts" theme in a sneaky way!  For that matter, do you actually =need= 
>> to ruin their luncheon appetites with much beyond beverages?  Far be 
>> it from me to discourage a food presentation but you don't want to 
>> distract too much attention from the main art form of the day.
>>
>> Selene Colfox
> 
> 
> We are thinking on the same lines Selene.  I was thinking Triskets!  For 
> a beverage you could offer up a nice healthy dose of Metamucil!
> 
> falala..i'll be going now..
> Olwen
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