[Sca-cooks] Foods in Fantasy (was Cook's Prayer)

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

some years ago I was asked to present a small lecture of medieval and period food 
for the seattle chapter of the Romance Writers of America. it was a lot of fun to 
hear what they thought was "right" and watch their eyes light up when they got to 
nibble some tasty stuff that WAS right.

I was imperssed overall with the fact that so many (the hall was packed with about 
150 people) of them watned to know at all. I mean really, does it matter to most 
folks?

for fantasy stuff I always figure "its fantasy. so maybe in dragonland (tm) they 
HAD potatoes?" but historical fiction, romance and other genres that in theory are 
set in real places, I have a harder time blurring my eyes...

--Anne-Marie

On Wed Sep 13 14:08 , SilverR0se at aol.com sent:

>In a message dated 9/13/2006 7:59:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
>selene at earthlink.net writes:
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>> I've nitpicked with Katherine Kurtz, aka Countess Bevin Frasier of 
>> Sterling, about how some of the dishes she cited for stories set in the 
>> 1200's were not right;  she replied that it was an alternate universe 
>> and some foods, like some weapons, were invented earlier.  OK, good answer.
>> 
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