[Sca-cooks] Service and Kraut questions from Gwen Cat

Stefan li Rous StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Sat Feb 9 22:11:26 PST 2013


tgrcat2001 at yahoo.com writes:
<<< 2) At a  recent gathering I was asked for sources that included or focused 
on the  period (no preference on location or time) table settings.  Now I 
have  lots of recipe books, but this gentle is not interested in cooking the 
food,  but wants to learn about re-creating the service portion of a feast or 
banquet. >>>

Here are some Florilegium files which might be of use:
feast-serving-msg (134K) 2/24/08 Ideas for serving feasts. How to organize.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/feast-serving-msg.html

Medievl-Feasts-art (16K) 2/24/05 "The Medieval Feast - An Event, Not Food"
by Mistress Willow de Wisp.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/Medievl-Feasts-art.html

Serve-H-Table-art (5K) 9/ 3/12 “Serving A King’s Table” by Baroness Kay of
Tre Asterium. Ideas for serving head table.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/Serve-H-Table-art.html

Servng-Roylty-art (10K) 1/ 1/06 "When Royalty Graces Your Head Table" by
Dame Alys Katharine, O.L., O.P.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/Servng-Roylty-art.html

I realize much of this is recommendations on serving SCA rather than period feasts, but probably worthwhile to look at from the practical point of view. The FOOD-UTENSILS section has a number of files on specific serving pieces such as:
aquamaniles-msg (12K) 4/ 1/10 Fancy period jugs to hold water for washing.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/aquamaniles-msg.html

Oh! and with this in mind, see this file:
Handwashing-art (22K) 2/24/02 "Scented Handwaters For Feasts and
Dayboards" by Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/Handwashing-art.html

eating-plates-msg (18K) 7/25/09 Period eating plates. Roundels.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/eating-plates-msg.html

forks-msg (38K) 1/29/08 Period forks. history and use in Europe.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/forks-msg.html

nefs-msg (26K) 3/20/08 Richly decorated medieval salt cellars.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/nefs-msg.html

p-tableware-msg (74K) 2/ 1/11 Period tableware. Period references
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/p-tableware-msg.html

spoons-msg (17K) 12/17/01 Period spoons. References. Construction.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/spoons-msg.html

tablecloths-msg (27K) 9/ 1/12 Period tablecloths. SCA feast tablecloths.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/tablecloths-msg.html

table-fountns-msg (14K) 5/15/08 Elaborate tabletop fountains used to
distribute wine or perfumed waters.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/table-fountns-msg.html

utensils-msg (248K) 9/ 2/12 Utensils, plates, trenchers, cast iron pots.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/utensils-msg.html

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
   Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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