[Sca-cooks] Pumpkins?

[Johnna Holloway]

It may be especially hard to find fresh gourds in
April if you are considering using them for your feast
then. Carrots appear in a number of dishes.  Baked
carrots with honey or brown sugar have been an SCA staple
dish for a number of years. Gode Cookery includes one
on its site, but it labels it as modern.

Johnnae


> What you have with pumpkin is the word being transferred from one 
> plant to another.  The Old World gourds are members of genus 
> Langenaria which include calabashes, dipper, bottle and basket 
> gourds.  When Europeans encountered the New World squashes, they used 
> the names of the similar familiar plants. The Old World gourds are 
> available, although they may be hard to find at the market.
>
> Bear
>
>>  In reading a number of 14th century recipes I have found references 
>> to using pumpkins. snipped What might be the closest modern 
>> approximation to this old world gourd?
>>    Also, I am doing a feast in April and have been hunting for a 
>> recipe that I know I once saw but now can find no sign of.(don't you 
>> just hate that) The recipe was for carrot pudding.  It was a slightly 
>> sweet dish. If anyone has any period recipes for such a pudding I 
>> would be most grateful for the sharing.  My feast is being done on a 
>> theme of 14th century France.
>>    Thanks in advance for all the help.
>> Haukr Myrkjarten
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