[Sca-cooks] Fish at feasts

[Solveig Throndardottir]

Noble Cousin!

Greetings from Solveig!

> I am dallying with the idea of serving fish at a feast I'm doing in  
> February, based on Chiqart and Menagier of Paris. What I would love  
> to do is a whole roast fish "swimming" on a bed of decorated rice,  
> with green sorrel verjuice on top and sprinkled with small whole  
> shrimp. I have been warned away from doing this dish because  
> "people don't eat fish at feasts" and "what about the bones?". So.

Just make sure to let people know in advance that fish is a prominent  
part of the menu and have people prepay for the feast plus say 10%  
for late arrivals. Opinions about fish in general appears to be  
dependent upon where you are from. Do people in your part of Trimaris  
frequently eat fish? If so, then don't worry. It's interesting just  
how noisy and demanding the beef eaters are despite the presence at  
events of people who do not eat beef. Just cough up some dead cow to  
keep the beef eaters happy, and tell them to stuff it in their ear if  
they complain about fish being in the same room with them. Seriously,  
the fish haters can be down right discourteous if you think about it.

Regardless, whole roast fish sounds positively yummy to me. Then  
again, I grew up in An Tir where fish is an obligatory part of just  
about any banquet. Something about the area being settled by  
Scandinavians and Asians.

My only concern is that mixing the shrimp with the roast fish might  
make life difficult for people either with specific allergies or  
religious restrictions.

Your Humble Servant
Solveig Throndardottir
Amateur Scholar