[Sca-cooks] Dinner for eight

Ian Rocas rocas511 at hotmail.com
Mon Nov 12 15:39:28 PST 2007


A very practical point of view.  I do intend to stick with what I am good at.  But I was more concerned with the types and order of the dishes.  I want to give my guests as authentic a period experience as possible.  The trouble I have run into is with the theoretical order of dishes as recomended by the doctors of the time (herbs and broths, then "light meats" followed by "heavier meats" and so on) and what goes well together in this regard.  This extended order of foods does not seem to lend itself well to a small gathering.  In addition, the menus from the time period, that I have examined, are all from large feasts and many don't always seem to follow the perscribed order all that closely.  I admit that I can be a stickler for detail and it is entierly possible that I am over thinking this.  Maybe I should just cook what I can and let them enjoy it.  However, if anyone has done this before and has two cents to put in...I am all ears.

Thanks

Rocas

> From: danqualman at gmail.com
> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:01:59 -0800
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Dinner for eight
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> Cook the foods that you like and are familiar with. This way any leftovers
> are for you.  Unless the people that you have invited and have no sense of
> adventure you should do just fine.  I you have a short description of each
> dish your guests will enjoy it a little more.
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> Dan in Auburn          
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> From: sca-cooks-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
> [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Ian Rocas
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 2:10 PM
> To: Cooks within the SCA
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Dinner for eight
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> Yikes!  I meant to change the header on this!
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> > From: rocas511 at hotmail.com
> > To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
> > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:08:54 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] OT OOP tedious process
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> > I wanted to ask for some input on a project of mine.  I have been
> practicing medieval cooking for several years now.  I am used to cooking it
> for my wife and myself.  I have never cooked for a feast, though I did serve
> at a Val-day feast when I was in the Blue Dragons.  I am planning a period
> dinner party for four couples.  The dinner will be done in French service
> style along with all of the usual period eating customs.  But I am having
> trouble deciding what to include in the menu.  I have a limited budget and
> many of the dinner guests are mundanes (that is to say, not rennies).  I was
> wondering if anyone has done something similar and would be willing to share
> their experience.
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> > > To: SCA-Cooks at Ansteorra.org
> > > From: StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
> > > Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:42:52 -0600
> > > Subject: [Sca-cooks]  OT OOP tedious process
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> > > Maire detailed:
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> > > <<< Or consumption.  Many, many years ago, when I was a sophomore in  
> > > college, I took an art class on pottery.  (What fun to get dirty for  
> > > credit! <g>) One of our projects involved a firing technique called  
> > > "raku," if I recall the spelling correctly (Carter was president,  
> > > okay? It was a *long* time ago!).  The pots are fired in a special  
> > > kiln, and wet straw is used in the kiln.  ISTR it making a really  
> > > pretty crackly glaze.  The kiln was set up outside, behind the  
> > > library on campus.
> > > Some officious snot turned our whole class in for smoking pot,  
> > > because they'd mistaken the smell of burning straw.... >>>
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> > > Ummm. I'm not rich enough (or knowledgeable enough about pottery  
> > > firing) but if you used pot instead of straw, would you get a  
> > > different glazing effect?
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> > > :-)
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> > > More fun with clay:
> > > P-tale-MWIFO-art  (23K)  8/26/96    Making Wrought Iron from Ore at  
> > > Pennsic 24.
> > > http://www.florilegium.org/files/PENNSIC/P-tale-MWIFO-art.html
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> > > Stefan
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> > > THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
> > >     Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas           
> > > StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
> > > **** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****
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