[Sca-cooks] Period substitute for tomatoes?

[Judith Epstein]

On Aug 21, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Amy Cooper wrote:

> My advice to you, Judith, would be to NOT attempt period recipes at  
> events until you've gotten to know the recipes on days you are  
> allowed to cook. [snip] Do NOT feel pressured to show up at an event  
> with a medieval menu. It simply shouldn't be expected!
>
> Ilsebet

Bless you for that, Ilsebet, but I'm the one who expects it. Since I  
can't engage in many other activities (I can watch people do stuff,  
but I can't do a lot of it myself) because the events chiefly take  
place on Sabbath, cooking is one of the few things that I can do in as  
medieval a way as I can reasonably expect of myself. Therefore I  
really want to make a good, solid attempt at using Period ingredients  
-- and LATER, learning Period recipes and styles of cooking. I'm  
trying to please me, not everyone else. Anybody else doesn't like the  
way I cook, they can go get their meals else-bloody-where! ;)

Judith / no SCA name yet