[Sca-cooks] scottish recipes

[Sydney Walker Freedman]

My Lord Sgefan,

Have you looked at Alexander Necham's writings by any chance?  They
are very helpful when it comes to 12th-century life, and there's even
a small section on cookery.  Some of his work is translated in the
book *Daily Living in the Twelfth Century* by... well, my brain seems
to have gone somewhere for a moment.  Anyway, you may find it helpful.
 Also, the entire Latin text is available through Google books.  If I
weren't a busy college student, I'd do a translation.  :)

Pax Christi,
Lady Cecilia de Cambrige


On 11/23/08, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> <<< This tangental to the main question but if you want to get an
> idea of the
> late period political/social/economic interplay between Scotland and
> England
> along their common border take a look at George McDonald Frasier's book
> "Steel Bonnets".   Wild west with claymores... lots of cattle, horse and
> sheep thieving plus burglary, arson, kidnapping, extortion and murder.
>
> Daniel >>>
>
> Thank you for this suggestion. Unfortunately, it looks a little bit
> late for my 1150s Anglo-Norman Yorkshire persona, but the your
> comments and the reviews make it sound like an interesting book.
> Perhaps I can project some of this backwards. Afterall, I always said
> it was the Scots stealing my sheep. Now I can know. :-)
>
> It would be nice to find more about the daily life in 12th C York
> shire but for now I'll settle for what I can get.
>
> Stefan
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