[Sca-cooks] Harfleur 1415

[Susan Lin]

My limited knowledge indicates that in 1415 Henry V's army captured Harfleur
but didn't have adequate food and many died.  When they started out for
Calais they took food from the peasants for their trip.

Is your plan to have the competition from the French peasants side or the
English invaders or both?

I'm not sure what King Henry would have still had with him or what he could
have sent back to England for.

Please don't use horse!  Maybe a nasty pony or two but not horse!!

Shoshanna

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Deborah Hammons
<mistressaldyth at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have spent most of the past week looking for what would have been
> commonly
> eaten meat wise in the area of Harfluer around 1415.  I know it was/is a
> port city, but what I am looking for is mostly whether pork was common.
>  Any
> ideas where else I can look?
> I am going to sponsor a siege cooking competition at Glory over the 4th of
> July weekend.  Don't want to do beef if I don't have to, and am not doing
> horse. (Was suggested...)
>
> Aldyth
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