[Sca-cooks] Preserved Foods

[vicki shaw]

I am very interested to know how period pickles were prepared.  I love all
things pickled and have always got some jars going.  Tonight I have been
munching on pickled daikon radish.  I got my pickling spice from my local
Indo-Pakistani shop and it has many more interesting things in it and the
result is very good.  Thanks for that web site, Anahita, I am going to look
into it.

Has anyone ever tried to make olives from scratch?  From the raw fruit.  I
have, but it is very rare that I see them in the markets.  Anyone know a
good source of raw olives fresh off the tree?

Angharad ferch Iorwerth; MKA Vicki Shaw
Barony Beyond the Mountain
East Kingdom
vhsjvs at gis.net


> Olwen wrote:
> >  >One - in the fall - will be for Preserved Foods.

I would be interested in that Olwen.  Let me know when the time gets closer.
> >  >
> >  >I'm thinking of mustards, compost, pickles, jams, and such.
> >  >
> >  >I am not looking for specific recipes or sources, although those are
nice,
> >  >but i would like to know what other sorts of preserved foods are
period.
> >  >I'm sure the above only scratches the surface...
> >  >
> >  >Thanks,
> >  >Anahita
> >
> >Beets.  Somewhere or other I found a really nice period recipe for
pickled
> >beets which called for also adding caraway seeds.
>
> Actually, i made a whole mess of pickled vegetable for the German
> Boar Hunt Feast i prepared in 2001
>
> -- Beets marinated with horseradish, red wine, cider vinegar,
> coriander, caraway, anise - Marx Rumpolt
> -- Cucumbers fresh pickled in white vinegar, honey, anise, caraway,
> pepper, saffron, mustard - Ein Buch von Guter Spise, 14th c.
> -- Red Cabbage marinated in red wine vinegar, honey, caraway, anise,
> pepper - Ein Buch von Guter Spise
> -- Button Mushrooms pickled in white wine vinegar, whole peppercorns,
> cloves, nutmeg, mace, bay leaves, fresh ginger - Lady Elinor
> Fettiplace and Sir Kenelm Digbie, because I couldn't find a German
> recipe for pickled mushrooms.
>
> All the recipes i used, plus the original sources are on my website -
> i don't remember if i posted them to this list.
> http://witch.drak.net/lilinah/2001Menu.html
>
> Anahita
>
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