[Sca-cooks] Historical Food Like Modern Food

[Johnna Holloway]

Try a search under "traditional".
(I hate the term but "periodoid" pulls up items too. Also search under  
"non-medieval".)

Back in December 2003 there was a thread under
Period Foods: How to Fake It! - More Clearly
So the question is how have you "Faked It" either through  
substitutions or food choices to give the FEEL/LOOK of more period  
foods at your lunch or off board table (remember not referring to real  
feasts here). The idea is to give non cooks the impression that you  
don't have to research every recipe or have master chef level skills  
to make the effort to make a simple lunch table look and taste more  
period. Remember it's not about proclaiming fake as real.

In September 200r there were discussions going on under Period or no?
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I suppose the question is which period dishes do they hate?
Plain basic meats are plain basic meats. Is it the sauces, the names  
of the dishes, the combinations, too spicy? What?
Is it cooked badly?
If you could determine what is seen as offensive, then you could  
search the items.

Does this help?

Johnnae

On Feb 18, 2011, at 1:12 PM, lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:

> I do not want to rehash discussions we have had myriad times. But...
>
> ...someone on another SCA cooking list wanted to know how much other  
> SCA cooks adjust what they serve to modern tastes. After some  
> discussion, she revealed that people in her kingdom won't eat period  
> food if they know it's period and she wanted ideas for dishes that  
> suit American tastes (whatever THAT may be).snipped
> So if someone can direct me to a relative date, i am sure i can find  
> the relevant messages myself. I don't want to restart the  
> discussion, i just want to look over recipes previously suggested.
> Thanks for any hints on where to find those old threads,