[Sca-cooks] Sumptuary laws on food

[Micheal]

 Preliminary look found this by looking for Sumptuary laws. Sorry not much 
really but does point towards Sumptuary food laws.

http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/middleages/sumptuary/sumptuary.html

In those day when you had company over for a meal you had to serve a 
specified number of courses depending on their class in the feudal system. 
If you were inviting a high church official to dinner, such as a cardinal, 
you would have to serve 9 courses. For guests such as bishops, archbishops, 
or counts you had to serve 7 courses. An ordinary government official would 
have just 6 courses.

 So if this is correct a great pie would get around this in that it has 
several full course`s within one.

 Da

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:08 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Sumptuary laws on food


> In the "coffyns" thread Gisele commented:
>> Can't check references on England's sumptuary laws, but the great pie
>> was a fine way to get around restrictions on the number of dishes -
>> conspicuous consumption being very popular, especially for the
>> merchant class primarily affected by them.
> Oh? What sumptuary laws on foods? I've heard of the sumptuary laws on 
> clothing, and I believe, comments on certain foods being appropriate for 
> the noble classes but not for peasants, and vice-versa, but I wasn't aware 
> of sumptuary laws on the number of dishes which could be served.
>
> More details, please. When and where were these restrictions/laws? Can you 
> quote the exact laws? Anyone?
>
> Thanks,
>   Stefan
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