[Sca-cooks] Period fancy butters?

Sam Wallace guillaumedep at gmail.com
Tue Aug 31 10:49:17 PDT 2010


Don't neglect the presentation! Butter can be molded into just about any shape:

>From a feast by Lancelot de Casteau
"Il y avoit quatre parcs de deux pieds en quarrure, environnez d’une
haye de beurre.
Le premier estoit Adam & Eve faicts de beurre, un serpent sur l’arbre,
& une fontaine courante, avec petits animaux à l’entour du beurre.
Le deuxiesme parc estoit les amours de Pyramus & Tisbe, le lyon aupres
de la fontaine, & des arbres à l’entour environné en une haye de
beurre.
Le troisiesme parc la chasse d’Acteon, & les nymphes auec Diana à la
fontaine, & puis des petits chiens de beurre.
Le quatriesme parc estoient deux hommes sauuages, qui se battoient
l’un l’autre avec des masses aupres d’une fontaine, & des petits lions
de beurre à l’entour: chacun parc avoit quatre banieres."

There were four parks of two feet square, environed in a butter hedge.
The first was Adam & Eve made of butter, a serpent on the tree, & a
running fountain, with little butter animals all around.
The second park was the love of Pyramus & Thisbee, the lion by the
fountain, & some trees surrounded all around by a butter hedge.
The third park the hunt of Acteon, & the nymphs with Diana at the
fountain, & then some little butter dogs.
The fourth park was two wild men, who battled one another with the
crowds by a fountain, & some little butter lions all around: each park
had four banners.

Guillaume
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One of our local people is planning a feast, and wants period recipes
to substitute for her current list of not period ones. The list
includes bread with three different butters.

Does anyone have period fancy butter recipes?
--
David/Cariadoc
www.daviddfriedman.com



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