New World Foods- was Re: [Sca-cooks] Earthapples eyc
Lonnie Harvel
ldh at ece.gatech.edu
Tue Nov 16 21:20:23 PST 2004
Bill Fisher wrote:
>Period food is food we have definite
>documentation for that we know they made. This would be "food fashioned in a period style."
>
>The line is small, but the difference is not.
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>Cadoc
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>
Would this mean that most breads fall under the category of "food
fashioned in a period style"?
It seems like we could have, based on the recipe, ingredients, and
cooking techniques (manner of preparation):
period food in a period manner
period food in a later manner
period style in a period manner
period style in a later manner
later food in a period manner
later food in a later manner
later style in a period manner
later style in a later manner
So where is that pesky little line? From my perspective, it falls after
the first four, with an occasional justification for the fifth. Though
fascinated, I am not concerned with preparing feasts in the period
manner. Mainly because I have yet to have the opportunity to create a
feast in a period facility. I do, however, prefer to use later
approximations of those methods. My problem with period style is that I
am not well versed enough in period recipes and use (in any time or
place in our period) to be sure that my food is "fashioned in a period
style." Which is why I read y'alls posts.
For example, I chose to add cinnamon, clove and ginger to my Digby's
Fine Cakes. Seems period to me, but I don't **know* *for sure.
Aoghann
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