[Sca-cooks] Above/Below the Salt was Greetings

Antonia Calvo ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Wed Mar 19 18:06:09 PDT 2008


Daniel Myers wrote:

>Wynkyn de Worde specifies larger quantities of food for those of  
>higher rank (e.g. king = one to a mess, earl = two to a mess, all  
>others = 4 to a mess), but doesn't say much about the quality (other  
>than telling the carver to give the better cuts to his lordship).
>  
>


Does that mean _more_ food, or just smaller plates with fewer people 
sharing?




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Antonia Calvo 
(formerly known as Adele de Maisieres)

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-Georgeus Gershwinus
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