[Sca-cooks] Source information for the make-up of removes?

[Johnna Holloway]

It would also vary depending on the type of feast or meal being served.
Are these Vikings or the Dark Ages group recreating a Christian time period
and observing fast and feast days of the Christian year? Time period is ???
Johnnae llyn Lewis

a5foil wrote:

>Does your friend need to know about Viking-age customs specifically, or
>medieval customs in general? Because food service is different depending on
>culture, and a formal service in some places might very well be a series of
>dishes, starting with something light (soup/appetizer) and ending with
>something sweet (soteltie). And not every culture knew about the theory of
>humours.
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>Cynara
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>RE:Source information for the make-up of removes?
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>>What I actually need help here with is trying to explain to a friend (a
>>member of a Viking/dark ages group that does very little food research)why
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>>the idea of separate "soup/appertiser"; "main" and "dessert" courses is a
>>modern invention.I'm trying to explain that a standard medieval remove would consist of a
>>variety of dishes meant to bolster the eaters "humours"
>>Am I totally off the beam on this?  Can anyone flip me a well worded
>>explantion (including source) that I can pass one?
>>Thanks!And Huggles Marion
>>Mari de Paxford
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