[Sca-cooks] The fruits of my boredom (Not tomatoes)

[Terry Decker]

My opinion is most of these recipes are 18th Century or later.  Several may 
have pre-17th Century antecedents.  While the possibilities exist, a 
constant objective in culinary history is to demonstrate the history of a 
foodstuff or dish with documentary or other evidence rather than accept a 
casual but unprovable statement of the history.  Historical cooking attempts 
to recreatea recipe or dish as accurately as possible to a given point in 
time.  Evidence is a critical part of either enterprise and I would not 
accept any of these recipes as being anywhere near historically accurate 
until I had vetted them thoroughly.

Bear

> There is a possibility that these may be the post 17th c. version of a pre
> 17th c. recipe
> Though docs would be nice.
>
> Lyse
>
> -----Original Message-----
> I'm sure the recipes are tasty, but from a quick read of some of the
> ingredients, several of them could not have been prepared prior to the 
> 17th
> Century, which makes the entire group suspect.  BTW, most are traditional
> recipes, and not provably pre-17th Century.   If I were preparing an
> "authentic" period feast, I would not accept any of these recipes, because
> there is no historical provenance associated with them.
>
> Bear