[Sca-cooks] From accounts for Christmas, 1381 for Charles VI

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

A last holiday gasp....
 
Wheat from VIncennes and Meaux stores
Wine of Beaune, Burgundy and Bar,  "French" (meaning Paris region, probably)
Fish from King's ponds and some  moats: very large pike, eels, pike, bream, 
perch, carp
Garrison of Vincennes  Wood (rations?) - thick bacon, peas, oil, vinegar, 
salt, coal, broad beans, wax,  hay, tallow candle
 
http://books.google.com/books?id=F6cUAAAAQAAJ&vq=faisan&dq=craspois&pg=PA173
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Lots more (though scattered about) for anyone who wants to prowl.
 
Jim  Chevallier
 (http://www.chezjim.com/) www.chezjim.com

Feasts in All Their Finery:
Elegant dining in Old Regime France
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