[Sca-cooks] Re: Period foods and all that jazz....
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Fri Feb 13 23:28:26 PST 2004
Maire asked:
> I'm just thinking that a couple of little nibbly things would be
> nice--definitely "clean hands" sort of stuff. I thought it might be
> nice to also make them *period* little nibbly things
Okay, a few that occur to me, and where you can find more info about
them in the Florilegium.
Various raw fruits and vegetables.
raw-fruit-vg-msg (13K) 2/25/02 Evidence that raw fruits and
vegetables were
eaten in period.
Quince paste. This is easily sliced and isn't that messy, although you
could cube it and use toothpicks. It is available commercially.
Excellent with Manchiago(sp?) cheese.
fruit-quinces-msg (72K) 2/13/04 Period uses and recipes for quinces.
marmalades-msg (60K) 5/17/02 Period marmalades and fruit jellies
and jams
wafers or shortbread.
wafers-msg (76K) 12/ 4/03 Period savory and sweet wafers.
Recipes.
shortbread-msg (32K) 1/12/01 Period shortbread. Recipes and
directions.
Various candies or pastries.
comfits-msg (44K) 9/ 1/02 Period candied spices and seeds.
Recipes.
14C-Sweets-art (17K) 9/14/00 "Sweets and Treats of the 14C"
by Lady Hauviette d'Anjou.
3-Span-Sweets-art (13K) 4/26/01 Three Spanish sweet dishes from de
Nola by
Vicente.
candied-peel-msg (35K) 6/28/01 Candied fruit peels. A late period
treat.
Rosquillas-msg (15K) 6/20/01 Spanish pastry of biscotti-like
rings.
gingerbread-msg (45K) 2/26/02 Medieval gingerbread. Recipes.
(this can be sticky, but rolled into balls and speared with
toothpicks, could work)
Some more toothpick dishes:
meatballs-msg (12K) 6/29/03 Period dishes with meatballs.
sausages-msg (128K) 1/10/03 Period sausages. Making sausage.
For beverages:
jalabs-msg (64K) 7/22/02 Drinks with a sugar or honey-syrup
base such
as Sekanjabin (Persian Mint
Drink).
beverages-NA-msg (80K) 9/ 2/99 Non-alcoholic beverages.
Stefan
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Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas
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