[Sca-cooks]Mock Apple Pie? (was "Tuna Cassarole")(was:Shepherd'sPie)

[chirhart_@netzero.net]

I consider my self a competent cook,and yes I have tried it . I did not like
it. When I first brought up the subject it was not
but a comment,but knowing the list it sprouted a life of its own . Just the
thought of  counterfeit food turns some people
off,weather they have tried it or not .Mock Apple Pie is in that quaint food
place were its not a necessity,But a "I would like to try "  category for
some . Necessity is the Mother of invention . And yes there are some
medieval foods that are nasty,over spiced ,brown glop .That is why we try
the recipe's to weed out the ones not palatable. I on a personnel note like
when people tell why they like or dislike certain things .It has helped me
in that, I can now look at a recipe and pretty much  say if it will fly
or not . And it has been mentioned that the person "Cailte" did not try it
because  A: It did not sound good  and B: They had Apples ,And C: The ritz
crakers might have  cost more then the apples . Now if it were 1942 I might
be talking a different story.   Chirhart ( Man that Soap Box was taller then
I thought )Blackstar

Its all a matter of taste, and then there's the one "They don't have taste
in there Mouth" or" They don't know the difference between crap and apple
sauce and like both" or........

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wanda Pease" <wandap at hevanet.com>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 10:56 PM
Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks]Mock Apple Pie? (was "Tuna
Cassarole")(was:Shepherd'sPie)


> You know, I find it strange on a list devoted to medieval cooking,
dedicated
> among other things, to persuading people that foods from this era are not
> nasty, over spiced, brown glop that you condemn other cooking in exactly
the
> same way.
>
> uuuuUUUUUuuuuUUUuuuUUUUuuuuu!  About Mock Apple pie by someone who
> admittedly has never tasted it.  What is the difference between this and
the
> standard uuuuUUUUUuuuuUUUuuuUUUUuuuuu of the uninitiated feaster when told
> that the food will all be made from period recipes?
>
> I've had Mock Apple pie several times, cooked by someone who was a good
pie
> baker.  It was delicious.  It was Not apple pie made from fresh green
apples
> in the early fall (my personal favorite), but it was quite tasty and
> refreshing, and had enough apple pie taste to satisfy the craving.  It was
> good food.  The lady who made it usually did so in the winter after
apples,
> even the keeping variety, were in short supply.
>
> If you actually tried the dish made by a competent cook and didn't like
it,
> you have a legitimate input.  Otherwise I don't see a difference between
> uuuuUUUUUuuuuUUUuuuUUUUuuuuu mock apple pie and
uuuuUUUUUuuuuUUUuuuUUUUuuuuu
> authentic medieval food!
>
> Regina Romsey
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org
> > [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Kathleen A. Roberts
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:03 AM
> > To: Cooks within the SCA
> > Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks]Mock Apple Pie? (was "Tuna
> > Cassarole")(was:Shepherd's Pie)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --On Wednesday, January 28, 2004 10:50 AM -0800 Susan Fox-Davis
> > <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > The National Biscuit Company created Ritz Crackers in 1933 and shortly
> > > afterward introduced a recipe that has remain an adored oddity
> > for nearly
> > > 70 years: Mock Apple Pie. Its popularity soared during World War II
when
> > > fresh apples were a luxury few could afford.
> >
> > full body shudder.... uuuuUUUUUuuuuUUUuuuUUUUuuuuu!
> >
> > my family never made it.  prolly, thank god, cuz the ritz crackers were
> > more expensive than the apples on the tree in the yard. 8)
> >
> > cailte