[Sca-cooks] foods in fantasy novels

[Susan Fox]

On 9/13/06 9:28 PM, "David Friedman" <ddfr at daviddfriedman.com> wrote:

>> science-fiction and phantasy books refer
>> seldom to food but in  Eddings, Zelazny and other similar, the
>> characters and the societies seems  to me frozen in a Middle Age diet,
>> wild boars, eelk, reindeer, mead, honey  and beer.
> 
> A few months back I published a novel which is marketed as fantasy,
> although there's no magic. The one specific food item was the use of
> oat cakes for cavalry travel food, inspired by Froissart's comment on
> Scottish troopers and my conjectural reconstruction thereof.
> 
> [I thought I sent this a few days ago but can't find it--apologies if
> this is the second time.]


I saw it before but better safe than sorry.  I would ask for the recipe but
it's probably something along the line of "Soak Dry Oats, Cook on a Skillet
until Done." <smile>

When will your second novel be available?

With regards,
Selene