[Sca-cooks] Merovingian/Frankish dead end

[Jim and Andi]

That's on order from ILL but hasn't made it here yet... is it very
useful? 

What I'm looking for is a detailed description of a feast, how the
dishes are served, in what order, how many dishes make up a royal feast,
etc. 

Madhavi

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From: sca-cooks-bounces+jimandandi=cox.net at lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+jimandandi=cox.net at lists.ansteorra.org] On
Behalf Of Johnna Holloway
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 8:37 PM
To: Cooks within the SCA
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Merovingian/Frankish dead end

You've checked all the notes in Creating community with food and drink  
in Merovingian Gaul
  By Bonnie Effros?

Johnnae

On Jan 16, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Jim and Andi wrote:

> Saint Gregory, Bishop of Tours, mentions "dinner" twenty-two separate
> times in his History of the Franks.
>
> Not one single time does he actually describe what they were eating.
>
> And for anyone wondering, the description of Venantius Fortunatus's  
> meal
> with the Abbess of the Holy Cross in Poitiers in 564 in the  
> introduction
> chapter of On the Observance of Food is not a paraphrase. I looked up
> the bloody Poems of bloody Fortunatus, and all he gives is some loving
> descriptions of a few ingredients but no descriptions of the actual
> dishes.
>
> Argh. Dead end after dead end today.
>
> *frustrated*
> Madhavi
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