[Sca-cooks] Flandrin: the medieval order of meal

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Maybe you can give your own summary of his look at medieval dining order?  
Mine was based on a quick read.
 
Probably the main thing for most medieval food recreationists to note is  
that the more formal order (soup, roast, etc) that ended up being the norm 
for  centuries was reserved (in the Menagier at least) for major events like  
weddings. Otherwise, the order seems to have been very fluid. Any trace of 
the  old Roman order (which can be faintly detected in early medieval 
accounts) seems  to have disappeared.
 
Jim  Chevallier

Comparing early and late medieval food in France
_http://www.chezjim.com/food/pre-v/comparisons.html   

 
In a message dated 10/21/2013 2:15:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
alysk at ix.netcom.com writes:

Since  the subtitle is "A history of 
table service in France", it isn't one that  I frequently refer to since 
my main interest is England. But, I think I  should look at it again 
since it's been about 5  years.


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