[Sca-cooks] Seeking salmon recipe

wheezul at canby.com wheezul at canby.com
Wed Sep 21 16:38:48 PDT 2011


>>Greetings!
>>
>>Our barony is planning a Russian (and close environs) feast, and we
>>are having difficulty finding a period salmon dish. We have access
>>to whole salmon, and 'traditional' cookbooks, but other ingredients
>>(like bunches of fresh sorrel) are the main problems. IIRC there's
>>not much in terms of period primary sources for Russian. We could
>>just bake it with dill and mint, but we'd like some alternatives.
>>The Prince and Princess are probably coming and we'd like to "wow"
>>them (G).
>>
> There are a number of salmon recipes in Rumpolt.  At least one
> described as Hungarian.  Rumpolt is very late period German and I've
> been translating it to English.  If you'd like me to email just that
> chapter I could do that.
>
> Ranvaig

There are also 28 recipes for salmon in Rontzier's late 16th century
cookbook and salmon roasting instructions in Anna Wecker's cookbook. 
There are probably also some in Phillipine Welser's cookbook as well. 
Please let me know if you are interested in learning more about them.

Katherine




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