[Western] Cooking Sites for Medieval(ish) Food Stuffs

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To My Fellow Ansteorrans in the Western Region:

HL Serafina de Gratia has graciously given me her permission to post a copy of an email she sent out this year past.? This missive includes several links to cooking sites along with her invaluable commentary on what is available at each of the locations.

These links will provide even the most challenged cooks, such as myself, with numerous ideas for making a medieval-ish dish for the upcoming Bonwicke Demo or, for that matter, any other occassion calling for such delectable food fare.

So, peruse at your pleasure and come to Bonwicke this Saturday and share with us your culinary successes!

YIS,

Ldy. Beornwyn
Deputy Chatelaine

Dearest Bonwicke:
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? Here are a few of the medieval cooking links that I have found. 
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? http://www.godecookery.com/allrec/allrec.htm
? (This link takes you to a page from where you can access every recipe on the site, but if you go to the homepage, www.godecookery.com, you will get the introduction and all kinds of additional information. The recipes range form highly authentic to completely modern, and are labeled as such.)
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? http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food.html
? The Medieval Food Homepage. If you click on this link, and scrolldown about 1/3 of the way, you will see the heading for individual recipes. Specifically, there is a listing of some of Cariadoc's recipes. When you start to research medieval (and more specifically SCA) food on the Web, you will see Cariadoc's name. He is from California, and is, from what I gather, an accomplished feast steward. 
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? http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/miscellany.html
? For more from Cariadoc. This includes all kinds of information, beyond food and recipes. 
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? http://www.ravensgard.org/gerekr/foodf.html
? Thi is an old page, and some of the links are broken, but a lot are still good. The Rennaissance at the Dinner Table link is interesting, and has recipes attached to it. 
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? http://www.sca-caid.org/chatelaine/newcomers/mundanefood.htm
? This is a page from Caid that gives some tips on making simple adjustments to modern food to make it seem less mundane. 
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? http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=63
? Here's a clearinghouse site form Atlantia. 
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? http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=63
? And another....
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? http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/idxfood.html
? And then there is always Stefan's Florilegium if you would like to waste some SERIOUS time reading about a topic.....
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? For my money, Gode Cookery is the easiest to navigate, and the most dependable, but there is something to recommend each of these sites. I like to search SCA related food sites as much as I can, because they tend to take a pretty practical approach to food and feast preperation. When you do some research on your own, you'll find that there are a lot of sites devoted to discussing medieval food in a purely theoretical context, which can be pretty frustrating when you've got a fire in the grate and are ready to cook something already! I hope every gets a chance to experiment with some medieval recipes/redactions. I can't wait to see what everyone makes!
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? Cheers!
? Serafina
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