[Sca-cooks] Another TV-inspired cooking contest

[Saint Phlip]

Queen Jana has been Queen several times, but I think it's fair to
suggest her knowledge of Medieval cookery is NOT outstanding.

Possibly, she may have had in mind something like a subtlety contest,
with the main material being a sweet bread like substance, as opposed
to say mashed potatoes (argh) or split peas.

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Elise Fleming <alysk at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> Brangwayna Morgan wrote:
>
>>HRH Jana of the East has announced a Cake Sculpting contest for
>> >coronation.  The theme is "Medieval".  Cakes may be any combination of
>> >layers and flavors, with a minimum height of 2 feet and a maximum >height
>> of 4 feet.  They must be transported from the work table to the >display
>> table intact. There is a "Most Fun" category, as well as a >"Historically
>> Accurate" category, for which documentation MUST be >provided.
>
>>Am I wrong in thinking that there is NO period documentation for doing
>> >this sort of thing with anything we would recognize as cake?  In that
>> >case, I can only assume the documentation is for what you sculpted it >to
>> look like.
>
> Johnnae provided some examples of period cakes, but stacking them isn't the
> same as sculpting them.  I have not ever seen any reference to a "sculpted
> cake".  Cakes were fairly heavy things (Johnnae mentioned great cakes).  The
> consistency is not like modern cakes.  Nor are wafers or krasekake like a
> modern cake.  Unless I'm mistaken (a common occurrence lately!), trying to
> sculpt those two would result in a bunch of crumbs.
>
> There certainly were edible things that were tall, but "cake" was NOT one of
> them.  The question would remain, does His Eastern Majesty have
> documentation that what he is proposing actually existed?  How could he tell
> what's historically accurate?  He'd have to have enough knowledge to judge
> the accuracy of the documentation.  Might be something interesting to
> "fake"!
>
> Now, on another aspect, does he mean by "sculpting" what the TV shows mean
> when they say "sculpting"?  I am assuming so since he refers to combinations
> of layers.  Another problem: I haven't seen any reference to medieval or
> Renaissance "cakes" being made of layers.
>
> Your Eastern Majesty, how about a tournament using light sabers?  Points to
> be given for documentation during medieval times?  Or speed texting?
>
> Alys K., feeling rather obstreperous this morning
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