[Sca-cooks] Silver Spoon - Mists Fall Coronet

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
>Urtatim mentioned:
>  > The Principality of the Mists Fall Investiture is coming up in less
>  > than 2 weeks.
>  > I'd like to remind folks that in this, usually the hottest month in
>  > the Mists, the Silver Spoon Cooking Competition is:
>  > Salad Days - salads of fresh ingredients in season.
>
>Ingredients "in season" for California or for medieval Europe?
>
>For anyone looking for possible ideas, here are some files in the
>FOOD section of the Florilegium which might be of interest:
>salads-msg       (151K)  9/12/04    Period salads. lettuce, greens.
>Summer-Salad-art  (17K) 11/28/00    "A Summer Salad" by Lady Jehanne
>de Huguenin

Well, kinda both. But only "period" recipes. If an ingredient isn't 
available here, no one can use it. And i want fresh, not frozen or 
canned... September isn't exactly the height of summer most places, 
but it's usually the hottest month of the year here in coastal 
Northern California (although judging by the weather for the past few 
weeks, i'm having my doubts - it has been like July and August - all 
grey)

When i cook, i try to use what's in season here (do i *really* want 
strawberries flown up from Chile?).

I mean, roses bloom all year round here (that was a shock to me when 
i moved here permanently in the winter of 1968-69 - roses in 
February! I'm from north of Chicago and roses only bloomed in June 
and a little of July)

But if the feast has a seasonal theme for Europe, then i try to use 
what would have been in season in Europe.

So for this competition, i want "period" salad recipes using fresh 
ingredients. Competitors do have to have documentation, so i leave it 
to them to choose
-- 
Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
the persona formerly known as Anahita