[Sca-cooks] Luncheon Question

[Martha Oser]

Greetings all! 

I've been toying with the idea of trying to provide a more period selection 
of foods for lunch taverns.  Too often, the only the usual is provided - hot 
dog or bratwurst, cheese, soup, hard-boiled egg and so on - and I'd like to 
try offering things a little less obviously modern and more historic. 

I know that many of you have done dayboards in a period style, but have 
actual lunch taverns ever been offered?  What dishes worked and what didn't? 

The other issue I see is providing food for kids, who so often are "picky 
eaters."  I'm sure that in period, children ate what was set before them - 
or do we have documentation that children's fare was different from that of 
the adults? 

What might you suggest to offer that would appeal to kids?  This has the 
double advantage of perhaps being healthier than what they might normally 
find and introducing kids to the idea that period food is good! 

Thanks! 

 -Helena Sibylla