[Sca-cooks] Armored Turnips, was OT: Frying Cheese

[K C Francis]

LOL  I have attended so many feasts over the years, things run together and 
the occasional really bad dishes just get edited out.  But you are right 
about the turnips.  There was the REALLY bad version and I am very sorry to 
hear that the dish isn't not as well liked as it is by me.  I miss them.

Katira


>From: Elaine Koogler <ekoogler1 at comcast.net>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Armored Turnips, was OT: Frying Cheese
>Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:25:13 -0500
>
>lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
>
>>Katira wrote:
>>
>>>Armored turnips are a regular feature at the annual Boar Hunt and Feast 
>>>in
>>>December here in the West and I love them!  I make them at home too.  So
>>>simple, so tasty and easy to make for 1!
>>
>>
>>I joined the SCA in 1999. The first feast i attended, at Spring Collegium 
>>1999, i had not planned to attend - but i didn't have a car at the time 
>>and my ride left without me. So i was sitting off to the side, waiting for 
>>the feast to end, when i would have a replacement ride. I ended up helping 
>>to serve and clean (and being fed)...
>>
>>I was intentionally a kitchen assistant at my second feast, the 1999 Boar 
>>Hunt. I've attended every Boar Hunt since, except 2002 and i head cooked 
>>2000 and 2001. 1999 was, to the best of my knowledge, the last time 
>>Armored Turnips were served at a Boar Hunt. And the 1999 Armored Turnips 
>>were not very good... OK, they were pretty bad... OK, they were *really* 
>>bad.
>>
>>The turnips were not properly cooked - IIRC, the head cook didn't bother 
>>to have the turnips precooked, just had them sliced and put raw in the 
>>baking pans - they never cooked and were hard lumps. The cheeses used were 
>>OOP and not period tasting or textured - Jack and Cheddar - i grated the 
>>cheese in a Cuisinart. Because the cheeses the cook bought were cheap and 
>>of low-quality, they were rubbery (not much better than (shudder) 
>>"American cheese, a cheese food product"). And the dish was not properly 
>>spiced.
>>
>>In fact, people came up to me when they heard i was head cooking the next 
>>Boar Hunt and specifically asked that there be NO Armored Turnips because 
>>they were so tired of them. I did serve turnips in both the Boar Hunts i 
>>head cooked, since they're a very seasonal vegetable - a mid-17th c. 
>>recipe with butter and mustard at my first feast and a German root tart at 
>>my second Boar Hunt.

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