[Sca-cooks] Was persona - now Bread

[Terry Decker]

 In general, the cook and the cook staff would not be involved with bread.
 That would be the province of the baker.  As the description suggests this
 is a noble house, the bread of choice would likely be a fine wheat bread on
 the order of manchet.  The baker might also prepare coarser breads of 
wheat,
 barley, rye or mixed grains, trenchers (depending on era), and biscuit
 (think hard tack) and horsebread for field use.

 If you are researching bread in history, I would suggest you start with the
 Sumerian "Hymn to Ninkasi" from around 3000 BCE.  It contains the oldest
 known recipe for bread (which was then converted to beer).  You might also
 hit the Florilegium http://www.florilegium.org/ to see what we've discussed
 about bread on this list in the past.  I also recommend planning research
 for about 10 years rather than the 1 year you suggest.  The subject is that
 vast and difficult to research.

 Bear

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lady Savoury" <ladysavoury at yahoo.ca>
>
>
> LOL I know. I'm just the type who likes everything in a neat little 
> package.
>
> I like the fact that I can have whatever "story" I want for my persona... 
> I've
> always been obsessed with cooking and all aspect of it, so being able to 
> infuse
> my persona with the same obsession makes my SCA life a lot of fun.
>
> I'm actually doing a year long research project on Bread in History, so 
> being
> able to have that back story, sets my mindset properly when I research. 
> I'm
> just not too sure where to start it all. I can bake any bread like 
> nobody's
> business, but this is such a vast project that I don't know where to 
> start! LOL
>
> What type of bread do you find more prevalent in your persona's area/era?
>
> ________________________________
> From: otsisto <otsisto at socket.net>
> To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Wed, January 26, 2011 5:19:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] persona
>
> This probably goes without saying but.. you do not have to have a cook
> persona to cook feast for your local group. In fact, you do not need a
> persona story/history to do anything in SCA. :)
> De
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Greetings,
>
> Not only am I a new member, but my personna is a cooks' daughter. Alivia 
> is
> the
> only child of a cook in their Master's kitchen. She aspires to be the head
> cook
> of his house (read: I want to cook banquets and feasts for my local branch
> LOL)
>
> Alivia Spencer
>