[Sca-cooks] Speaking of Lent -- Ice Axe Report

[Stefan li Rous]

Cynara said:
> We started with the usual bread and cheese tray. The next dish is now 
> known
> as "Aelfwynn's Famous Fish Soup" since I frequently get asked to cook 
> it,
> even when I'm not head cook. It's not a documentably period dish, but a
> speculation on Viking soup, with carrots, onions, barley and cod in 
> fish
> broth. Instead of butter for browning the vegetables, I used olive oil.
So, why olive oil specifically? Cost? I'm just not sure that olive got 
up to the Norse regions. They tended to be rather far from olive 
growing regions. But the alternative oils that I can think of, such as 
walnut oil, are rather expensive especially for an SCA feast.

Perhaps some olive oil did get up there or other, more local but still 
expensive oils were used just for the Lenten season.

I am looking forward to seeing your redaction for this, Cynara.

Stefan
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