[Sca-cooks] Yule pot luck

[Stefan li Rous]

Maire replied to a question about plans for Yule dinners:
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Christmas? Not a ding-donged thing.

There's a small group of us (all SCA) without much in the way of genetic
family that have made a nice custom of going to one particular (and
wonderful) restaurant on Christmas Eve for several years now, but
unfortunately, the restauranteur has retired and the restaurant has
closed.
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So, why not get your friends together and do a Yule pot luck? Or, if  
they aren't cooks, perhaps they could buy the groceries and you could  
cook the meal you are mentioning below? Or some combination of the two.

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If I were planning a purely-theoretical Christmas dinner, though, I
Think I'd do venison with sauces.  And frumenty.  Or one of those  
lovely,
rich, fruity dishes that show up in late-period cookbooks.
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Which fruity dishes are these?

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(Hmmm....that
gives me ideas for the work potluck in a couple of weeks....I sense  
the need
to make Capon Cooked in Mrs Duffield's Way....mmmmmmm)
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So, what is this "Capon Cooked in Mrs. Duffield's Way"? This is a  
period recipe? The name reminds me of the post-period style of recipe  
names.

Stefan
(Who probably won't even think about a Yule dinner menu or item(s)  
until just a few days before it is needed.)
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