[Sca-cooks] a feast for Richard the Lionheart (was <no subject>)

[Anne-Marie Rousseau]

Hey all from Anne-Marie

Given the fear of the "other" so pervasive throughout our history, would a
local family have served their returning King "furrin'" dishes?

Certainly we see VERY different cuisines in the later period middle eastern
texts than we do the concurrent western ones. Combine all that with the
surely scarecity of "furrin" ingredients and I am thinking that when Richard
got back to England, he ate English food.

That said, if it's a family on the border...when he was en route, as it
were? They might have access to recipes and foodstuffs that the folks back
home would not have?

An interesting ponder, I think :)

--Anne-Marie, who thinks WHY people ate what they did is about as much fun
as WHAT they ate :)

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Our current Crown is based on the Crusades theme.  Yes, I KNOW that covers a
lot of territory and time.  We have our local Major Event, Candlemas, at the
end of January.  By major local event I mean this event will likely draw
around 50 attendees.  The current Crown will be in attendance.  The other
event co-director and I would like to plan a meal based on Foods from the
Crusades.  This leaves open some middle-eastern options and some western
European options.  We can factor in allergies and personal dislikes as we go
but we are just starting the planning process.