[Sca-cooks] The truth about Green Beans Savory in Meridies

David Friedman ddfr at daviddfriedman.com
Sat Sep 5 12:47:11 PDT 2009


>You're correct, Your Grace.  However, I have seen pictures of Savory Toasted
>Cheese being served in a chafing dish like what I have.  Though the recipe
>may not be strictly in our period, at least I'm attempting to serve it in a
>similar fashion to what it was at the time it was created.
>
>Period or not, it's a dish that has become part of the SCA tradition, at
>least in Atlantia.  It seemed to me that it was better to serve it at least
>as it was when it was created originally.

I'm not complaining--so far as I know I'm responsible for introducing 
it. But I think it's worth keeping clear the distinction between 
dishes from period recipes and dishes that may well be period, but 
are from post-period (or conjectured) recipes.

>
>Kiri
>
>On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 9:55 PM, David Friedman <ddfr at daviddfriedman.com>wrote:
>
>>  Savory Toasted Cheese..mmmmm! This has always been my period dish that
>>>  mundanes always ask for.
>>>
>>
>>  Not quite period. It's from _The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Opened_, which
>>  was published in the middle of the 17th century after Digby's death. So the
>>  recipe probably dates from the first half of the century.
>>  --
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