[Sca-cooks] Funeral foods ...

[Judith L. Smith Adams]

Sandra Kisner <sjk3 at cornell.edu> wrote:  > >Well, the first thing that comes to mind is Hamlet's little joke
> >about Gertrude and Claudius' wedding being so soon after the death of
> >Hamlet the Elder that they could recycle the leftover pies from the
> >funeral for the wedding feast...
> >
> >Adamantius
>

Just for clarification, the quote actually goes:
"Thrift, thrift, Horatio! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables."

I wasn't under the impression that specifically meant pies.

Sandra 
  So, scholars and cooks, what do we know about what Shakespeare meant - or didn't - by "baked meats"??  
   
  Curiously,
  Judith


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