[Sca-cooks] Mourning/Funeral Food

[Johnna Holloway]

Start with Food and the Rites of Passage, edited by Laura Mason.Food  
for funerals is discussed by Peter Brears in the volume. That will  
give you a start.
Then books like Death and burial in medieval England, 1066-1550
  By Christopher Daniell or Death in England: An Illustrated History  
will also help.
See also Birth, marriage, and death: ritual, religion, and the life- 
cycle in Tudor and Stuart England
  By David Cressy which talks about such meals in the mid 1500's.
I can't say that you will actually find a detailed account that will  
list foods served at a funeral
in 1585. Most often one finds an account with a note that indicates  
that an amount was paid for
the funeral foods and drink. It varied widely depending upon the  
wealth of the household.

Johnnae

On May 22, 2011, at 4:00 AM, michelle brewer wrote:
> Can anyone on here tell if they know of recipes and/or documentation  
> of period Mourning/Funeral food. We are having a Eulogy Feast here  
> (Innilgard) in late June and one of the A&S comps is mourning food  
> and I can't seem to find any references to foods used specifically  
> for this purpose or types of foods normally served at funerals/wakes  
> in period. This feast is to be set in the year 1585.
> Any help from the members of this list would be greatly appreciated.