[Sca-cooks] 1926: an Ecuadorian medieval meal

[JIMCHEVAL at aol.com]

Here is yet another later mention of the English  using the tablecloth to 
wipe their hands instead of napkins:

"Une nappe  qui descend jusqu'a terre couvre la table; il n'y a point de  
serviettes."
https://books.google.com/books?pg=PA143&id=QzQOAAAAQAAJ#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 4:52:14 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.