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

[Johnna Holloway]

There's always Austrian prison fare.
A quick glance at Wikipedia-
"On his way to the territory of Henry of Saxony, his brother-in-law,  
Richard was captured shortly before Christmas 1192, near Vienna, by  
Leopold V, Duke of Austria, who accused Richard of arranging the  
murder of his cousin Conrad of Montferrat. Moreover, Richard had  
personally offended Leopold by casting down his standard from the  
walls of Acre. Richard and his retainers had been travelling in  
disguise as low-ranking pilgrims, but he was identified either because  
he was wearing an expensive ring, or because of his insistence on  
eating roast chicken, an aristocratic delicacy."

He wasn't freed until 1194.

Johnnae



On Sep 10, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Anne-Marie Rousseau wrote:

> Hey all from Anne-Marie snipped
> 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 :)
>
> ----
>
> 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.
>