[Sca-cooks] Twelfth Night Gifts

[Sharon Gordon]

With the weather becoming a bit cooler, I've started  thinking more about upcoming holiday events? What are some of your favorite gifts to give (or receive) for Twelfth Night that are food or broadly food related?  What's on your holiday wish list or dream holiday wish list :-)?

Foods that keep well?
Foods that are best eaten soon?
Medieval versions of gifts in a jar?
Specialty ingredients?
Promisories for special meals?
What would your ideal meal for 8 consist of?
What sort of beverages would round out your meals?

How about dishes or cooking tools or outdoor cooking apparatus? Dream camp kitchens? Modern tools to help with large feasts? Tools for food art? Table decor? Baskets? Picnic baskets or chests? Spiffy folding tables and chairs?

Personal and table linens? Ideal garb for cooking? Garb you'd most like to dine in (and what meal would it go well with it?)?

Herbs and Spices or mixtures? Herbal plants? Herbal preparations? Soaps? Heirloom trees, shrubs or seeds? Period growing containers? Garden tools?

Books of recipes or food history? Translations you'd like to see done?  Herb books? Medical nutrition or herbal medicine books?  Brewing or other stillroom arts? Garden books?  Collections of food art?

Reprints of food related art? Would you like to have illuminations or paintings of particular objects or scenes in a particular style? Food related jewelry?

What sort of music would you like to dine by or dance to after feast?

Sharon
gordonse at one.net