[Sca-cooks] Food for a Demo

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Apr 4, 2008, at 12:41 AM, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
> Let's see...
>
> 1. Spices used to disguise flavors and smells of decaying meat.
> Massively debunked.
>
> 2. Spices, often dozens of them, were thrown together haphazardly in
> all medieval food.
>
> 3. Peasants never got to eat meat.
>
> conversely...
>
> 4. Nobles never ate vegetables.
>
> 5. Beer, wine, cheese and bread have remained unchanged for over two
> thousand years, so if you want to recreate a medieval meal, get some
> of all of the above. Any combination of any type of these items will  
> do.
>
> 6. Marco Polo brought spaghetti from China to Italy.

P.S.: 7. Medieval people had atrocious table manners, ate everything  
with their hands, belched and farted at the table, and threw garbage  
on the floor.

Okay, now I'm really saying good night ;-)

Adamantius






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