[Sca-cooks] 12th-century bread (was Re: Favorite Frugal Pennsic Meals)

[Sydney Walker Freedman]

> Am Dienstag, 6. Juni 2006 10:28 schrieb Sydney Walker Freedman:
>> What is this 12th-century "bread cooked in water," and from what source
>> is
>> this reference taken?  I'm in the process of collecting 12th-13th
>> century
>> European recipes and redacting them, so I would really like to know.
>> Thanks!  :)
>>
>> Pax Christi,
>> Lady Cecilia de Cambrige
>
> It's from a 'signa' list. In Cistercian and Cluniac monasteries, different
> degrees of 'silence' were observed, the dining hall invariably being
> subject
> to this stricture. The monks developed a sign language to meet the need to
> ask for various foods or food items without actually talking, and lists of
> these signs survive. They are not recipes, just collections of food items,
> but they are still very interesting and if I ever find the time, I'll
> write a
> research article on it Meanwhile, I offer to send my first (and very bad)
> draft including a list of the terms from several such lists in Latin and
> English to anyone who asks, clearly stating that it's NOT for sharing (I'd
> be
> eternally embarrassed)
>
> Giano

I would appreciate the list if you don't mind.  A list of foods would be
very helpful; there aren't that many recipes from that time period out
there anyway.  :)  Thanks!
>
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Pax Christi,
Sydney