[Sca-cooks] What Kind of Classes

[Laureen Hart]

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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:00:55 -0400
From: "Euriol of Lothian" <euriol at ptd.net>

I think a class I would like to attend is how to apply the "humor theory" to
the dishes. It is such a big part of the mindset of the cuisine, even post
period, yet there are classes on theory, but not the practical application
of the theory.

Euriol

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Ooo, ooooh, oooh!!!!
Me too! 
I know I could figure it out if I applied myself to the different lists, and
paid more attention to the various verbiages relating to it. But I don't
instinctively apply humoral theory to either combinations of recipes to
balance a meal, or combinations of foodstuffs to create a new dish in the
period style.

I always loved the scene in Taming of the Shrew when they have the whole
sequence about the various meats being too choleric...

I would be curious if the ayurvedic theory has any correlation. I have seen
basic descriptions of ayurveda, but never tired to compare the two. It would
be interesting to see if the various foodstuffs were regarded in the same
manner...

Randell Raye