[Sca-cooks] medieval steaks

[Stefan li Rous]

Greetings Patrick,

I will let the other, more knowledgeable folks on the SCA-Cooks list 
speak to you on most of your questions. However, the answer to your 
last question is indeed, a steak. You can find pictures of meat being 
grilled on the Bayeux Tapestry, for instance.

Although, probably more in depth than you are looking for, you may want 
to browse this file in the FOOD-MEATS section of the Florilegium for 
some specific tidbits.
steaks-msg        (13K) 11/14/00    Period grilled steaks. Descriptions.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/steaks-msg.html

Stefan


> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:43:40 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Patrick ODonnell <patrickscribe at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Newspaper reporter needs help with story
> To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>
> Greetings.
>
> My name is Patrick O'Donnell, a reporter for The Plain Dealer, the 
> main newspaper in Cleveland, OH. I am also an SCA member, Lord Mael 
> Patraic mac Domnaill, the author of a new book about the SCA called 
> The Knights Next Door: Everyday People Living Middle Ages Dreams.
>
> I am doing a feature story for my paper on medieval feasts, using the 
> Midrealm coronation feast this past weekend as the basis. I have 
> personally attended at least 20 SCA feasts and had sections on 
> Atlantian cooks/researches Thomas Longshanks and John le Burguillin in 
> my book. But I want to clarify a few things.
>
> 1) What would you consider the main mundane misconceptions about 
> medieval food?
> 2) What is the most common -but wrong - way medieval feasts are 
> depicted?
> 3) What is the true most important difference between modern food and 
> medieval food?
> 4) What is the closest thing to a steak available in the Middle Ages? 
> If we need to be specific, try 14th C France)
>
> I have to keep this short and sweet, so I don't need any treatises. 
> The audience is everday run-of-the-mill mundanes. Some of this I might 
> even condense into a list. What I need is concensus on a few big 
> things so I can make a few points to folks who won't ever research or 
> try period food.
>
> I've got a couple of days.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Patrick/Mael Patraic
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          
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