[Sca-cooks] Proper Kitchen Attire

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Sep 28, 2005, at 3:57 PM, Jenn Strobel wrote:

> I know that there are proper medieval analogs to whites and checks,  
> but i'm
> not really able to convincingly prove it in written form. I can find
> pictoral evidence, no problem, i'm just having a difficult time  
> coming up
> with anything to back that up.
>
> So, I pose to you this question: What is the correct attire  
> (generally) for
> cooks during the middle ages/renaissance and what documentation do  
> you have
> for it (so I can replicate the data, not some big weird  
> authenticity test or
> anything)?
>
> I am sure that this has come up before, but i'm having a difficult  
> time
> finding solid information.
>
> I thank you all in advance for your answers.
>
> Odriana

There are a lot of pictures of cooks in various fields of  
specialization in the various Tacuinum Sanitatis manuscripts...

Adamantius




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