[Sca-cooks] Re: Luncheon Question

[Martha Oser]

Elisabetta, 

Thanks for your suggestions!  What I mean is not actual foods eaten in 
period taverns, but food that could be served at an event's "lunch tavern," 
which is mainly what you have given me.  :) 

My idea is to provide period food in an accessible manner to try to get 
folks past the "period food is yucky" mentality that still seems to exist 
despite the excellent feasts that are produced. 

Plus, I'm getting tired of the lunch selection of cold lunch meats, greasy 
soups, big hunks of cheese and hard-boiled eggs... 

My question on things that might especially appeal to the younger crowd 
still applies. 

Thanks again! 

 -Helena 


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> Date: Thu, 04 May 2006 12:00:31 -0700
> From: elisabetta at klotz.org
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Re: Luncheon Question (Martha Oser)
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> When you ask for "tavern" foods, is this foods you eat with your hands, or
> actual foods eaten in the taverns and by the lower classes? 
> 
> We have a tavern event every year, I cooked it the years it had a 
> Scottish theme
> and a Persian/Syrian theme. (the place and time change, but it is always a
> tavern with simple fare). 
> 
> Scottish: I made small meat pies, soups, larger pies (steak and mushroom,
> chicken, leek and cheese) and Scotch eggs (hard-boiled eggs wrapped in sausage
> and deep fried). 
> 
> Persian/Syrian: I forget the names, but there was a hard-boiled egg wrapped in
> rice and beef (cooked in the oven), a lemon chicken with pasta (and spices)
> (this was a kid favorite), a fish in garlic and bitter orange sauce, a hot
> lentil dish, Turkish coffee and yummy nuts balls for dessert. 
> 
> The dayboard this year at Mudthaw was all meatpies (the dayboard cooks only
> wanted foods you could eat with your hands). There was a beef, a spinach and
> cheese and an apple version; all were made with pizza dough and fit in your
> hand. These were very well received and very tasty. 
> 
> I have found that small pies work very well, as well as things like 
> scotch eggs.
> I did miss one event that had shish-ka-bobs and everyone was raving about them
> (people like food on a stick). 
> 
> :)
> Elisabetta 
>