[Sca-cooks] Duties of a Cook, 13th Century

[Elaine Koogler]

As do I...gives me an idea for the next feast I cook...wonder if it would
work for a Middle Eastern feast?

Kiri

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Daniel Myers <dmyers at medievalcookery.com>wrote:

>
> Great find - thanks for posting this!
>
> I especially like this part:  "He is himself to bring the last dish, and
> place it before the king; and then the king is to present him with meat
> and drink."
>
> - Doc
>
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: [Sca-cooks] Duties of a Cook, 13th Century
> > From: Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com>
> > Date: Fri, September 03, 2010 12:36 pm
> > To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> >
> >
> > While doing the search on the "dish of butter," the Venedotian Code as
> > found in the volume on Google Books
> > I came across a list of duties for the Cooks who served the King and
> > the Queen in Wales.
> >
> > Ancient laws and institutes of Wales; comprising laws supposed to be
> > enacted by Howel the Good: and anomalous laws, consisting principally
> > of institutions which by the statute of Ruddlan were admitted to
> > continue in force. London] Printed by command of His Late Majesty King
> > William IV under the direction of the Commissioners on the Public
> > Records of the Kingdom, 1841.
> >
> >
> > page 47 and 49 with the Welsh on 46 and 48 for The King’s Cook
> >
> > XXI. [OF THE COOK.]
> > 1. The fifteenth is the cook.
> > 2. He is to have his land free; his horse in attendance; his linen
> > from the queen, and his woollen from the king.
> > 3. He is to inhabit the kitchen ; and he is to have his necessaries
> > from the steward and the land maer.
> > 4. He is to have skins of all the small animals which come to the
> > kitchen with their skins on; that is to say, he is to have one third,
> > and the steward two thirds.
> > 5. He is to taste each dish that he shall season.
> > 6. He is to have the fragments, and the tallow, and the entrails.
> > 7. He is himself to bring the last dish, and place it before the king;
> > and then the king is to present him with meat and drink.
> > 8. His protection is, from the time he shall begin to prepare the
> > first dish until he shall place the last before the king, to convey an
> > offender away.
> > 9. The steward is to supply him with all herbs to season his dishes;
> > such as pepper, and other herbs.
> > 10. He is to eat with the servants.
> > 11. His lodging is with the steward.
> > 12. He is to have one share of the supper silver.
> > 13. "His saraad is six kine, and six score of silver, to be augmented.
> > 14. His worth is six score and six kine, ^to be augmented/
> >
> > page 59
> >
> > xxix. Of The Queen's Cook, This Treats.
> > 1. The seventh is her cook.
> > 2. He is to have his land free; his horse in attendance; and his linen
> > from the queen, and his woollen from the king.
> > 3. He is to be supplied by the steward with all his necessaries for
> > the kitchen.
> > 4. He is to taste each dish that he may prepare.
> > 5. His protection is the same as that of the king's cook.
> > 6. His lodging is with the steward of the king.
> > 7. His saraad is six kine, and six score of silver.
> > 8. His worth is six score and six kine, to to be augmented.'
> >
> > The Venedotian Code is dated early 13th century.
> >
> > Hope you enjoy it
> >
> > Johnna
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