[Sca-cooks] I posed these questions to my kingdom....
Antonia Calvo
ladyadele at paradise.net.nz
Mon Dec 7 16:21:31 PST 2009
David Friedman wrote:
>> Elaine Koogler wrote:
>>> I would enjoy more themed feasts...particularly from a specific
>>> period in a
>>> specific locale. I'd also like to see more experimentation with
>>> unusual
>>> ingredients, including Antonia's list.
>>>
>>
>> I second the comment about themed feasts.
>
> Themed feasts in the sense of a particular time and place are a fine
> idea.
>
> Themed feasts in the sense of "what exotic theme can I dream up,
> having nothing to do with any actual feast in period" are not. I'm
> thinking of things such as a "Marco Polo Feast," with courses from
> various places along his route, most of them (as best I recall) based
> on modern ethnic cuisine.
I was definitely reading that as "themed" in the sense of having a very
tight time, place and source base-- stuff like an Elizabethan feast,
Culina Platinae, etc.
--
Antonia di Benedetto Calvo
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Habeo metrum - musicamque,
hominem meam. Expectat alium quid?
-Georgeus Gershwinus
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