[Sca-cooks] Rotten meat and spices...

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> This was not relegated strictly to the poor.  Bear in mind that there were
no methods of
> refrigeration available in medieval times (no reliable methods, at any
rate), so even the wealthy
> would have to deal with rotten or 'off' meats from time to time.  Probably
more often than we
> think.  Despite the SCA's deep seated desire for the perfect medieval
world, where nobility and
> landed lords only ate the freshest of ingredients, there was doubtless
funky meat in their
> larders... and they didn't throw it out to the peasants.  They spiced it
or pickled it or
> otherwise covered it up as best they could, and then they ate it.
>
> William de Grandfort

Can you provide me with documentation for your beliefs, please? To do a
proper article, the author will need both the pros and the cons.

Saint Phlip,
CoD

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....



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