[Sca-cooks] 1926: an Ecuadorian medieval meal

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Scully references this as in English as a "surnappe" (French: "Tablecloth  
on top"). This leads to an interesting menu from 1505:
 
https://books.google.com/books?id=0hlfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA114&dq=surnappe&hl=en&sa
=X&ved=0ahUKEwjz-KXCnMHKAhUH4mMKHf1vCeQQ6AEIQzAD#v=onepage&q&f=false
 
 
Jim  Chevallier

Contributor, Savoring Gotham
A Food  Lover's Companion to New York City
Editor-in-chief: Andrew F. Smith  and Foreword by Garrett Oliver
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/savoring-gotham-9780199397020?cc=us&
lang=en


In a message dated 1/23/2016 2:17:48 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
JIMCHEVAL at aol.com writes:

Terence  Scully. who says in several places that lap-runners (or longieres) 
were used  to wipe one's fingers, even suggesting one anticipate this use 
in creating  one's own medieval  feast.