Food

This is a collection of files that I have assembled from various sources since I first joined the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) in 1989. The information in these files comes from the Rialto newsgroup (rec.org.sca), the old fidonet medieval echo conferance area, various mail lists and articles submitted to me by their authors.

Several types of files are available:

-msg (or no suffix) These files are composed of a variety of short messages from a variety of authors having a common subject .

-art A stand-alone article written by a single author. Some are off of the networks while some were submitted to me by the author.

-bib A bibliography of book and article titles on a single subject.

-FAQ An article file that follows a Frequently Asked Questions format.

All text files are available in three formats, HTML, text and RTF. If the text and RTF formats are not mentioned explicitly in this index, they are available from within the HTML file.

THLord Stefan li Rous (Mark S. Harris, stefan at florilegium.org).

filelist-list The complete list of these Florilegium files. (also text, rtf.)
14C-Fingerfds-art "English - 14th Century Fingerfoods" by THL Kateryn de Develyn.
almond-milk Making almond milk. Recipes. Deskinning almonds.
aspic Notes on aspic, a meat-base gelatin.
baked-cheese Period baked cheese dishes.
bag-cheeses-art "Making Simple Bag Cheeses / Cheese in Period" by Lord Jakys the Chesemonger.
bag-cooking Using plastic bags to warm pre-cooked foods at SCA events.
beer-in-food Period recipes with beer or ale in them.
blancmange A medieval rice dish composed principally of rice, almond milk and chicken.
Blood-Soup-art "Polish Black Soup - Czarnina" by Casamira Jawjalny, O.L.
blue-cheese Period blue cheeses.
Brakng-t-Fast-art " Breaking the Fast or What did they eat for breakfast?" by Mistress Christianna MacGrain, OP,OL, Meridies.
breakfast What's for breakfast? SCA and period.
broths Broths in period recipes. Substitutions.
butter Period butter. Making butter. Butter churns.
caldron-cookg Cooking foods in a caldron over an open fire
Camp-Cooking-art "Camp Cooking" by Lady Caointiarn.
M-Camp-Cookng-art "More Camp Cooking" by Lady Caointiarn. Some simple on-pot meals.
campfood Non-refrig. food for camping events.
canning Use of canning in the SCA. Directions.
Charles-Chees-art "Charlemagne's Cheese: a study in the un/reliability of sources" by Tangwystyl.
Cheap-Apicius-art "Apicius for the Impoverished" by Margali.
cheese-lnks Links to medieval and modern cheese by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
cheese Medieval cheese. Recipes.
fresh-cheeses Fresh cheeses such as cream cheese and cottage cheese. Non-aged cheeses.
cheese-goo Digby's Savory Tosted cheese. Other melted cheese recipes.
cheesemaking Comments and info. on cheesemaking. Recipes.
Cheese-Making-art "Cheese Making for the Compleat Novice" by Lady Aoife Finn.
cheesecake Medieval cheesecake. recipes.
whey-cheeses Cheeses such as ricotta made from the liquid left after making other cheeses.
chestnuts Medieval harvesting and use of chestnuts. Roasting. Recipes.
clotted-cream Clotted cream products. Devonshire cream.
Compleat-Cook-art "The Compleat Cook" by Dame Alys Katharine.
Complet-Anglr Recipes from "Compleat Angler", 1653.
compost A pickled food of fruits and vegetables.
cook-ovr-fire Cooking over open fires. Outdoor feasts.
cook-flowers Cooking with flowers.
cooking-oils Period cooking and food oils.
cooking Cooking techniques.
cuskynoles A medieval fruit-filled pasta dish.
dairy-prod Dairy products. Milk, cheese in period.
Docu-Cookery-art "Documenting Cookery" by Dame Alys Katharine.
drying-foods Drying foods in period and for the SCA.
dumplings Period dumplings. Recipes.
easy-p-recip Some easy period recipes. Ideal for new cooks or for cooks new to period cooking.
eggs Recipes. Substitutions. Hen, goose and other eggs.
egg-storage Period and modern raw egg storage.
eggs-stuffed Period stuffed eggs dishes. Recipes.
fasts Fasts and fast days. Food restrictions.
fd-decoratng Decorating and presenting period foods.
fd-monks Food of medieval monks.
fd-paintings Period paintings that show food items.
finger-foods Ideas for finger foods at feasts, events and revels.
food History and descript. of various foods.
food2 More of food.msg.
food-gifts Period food items that make good gifts.
food-seasons When various foods were in season.
food-sources Modern sources for unusual medieval meats and other foods.
food-storage Storing and preserving food in period. Non-refrigerated food for camping and Pennsic.
freezng-foods Freezing foods for storage. Techniques.
fried-cheese Period fried cheese recipes.
fried-foods Medieval fried foods. Recipes.
frittours Period fried, breaded foods. Recipes.
frumenty A period cooked grain dish, often barley.
gazpacho A soup or sauce of vinegar, garlic and bread.
grape-leaves Use of grape leaves in cooking. Sources.
healing-food Period foods proscribed to heal the sick.
herbs-cooking Period herbs used in cooking.
hollapotrida Period holopotrida recipes. Stews with a very wide variety of ingredients.
humorl-theory-bib A biblio. by Thomas Gloning on the period theories of humors and dietetics.
humorl-theory Concepts of medieval Humoral Theory.
illusion-fds Medieval illusion foods. Disguised food.
larded-milk Larded milk. A fried, fresh cheese dish.
larding Inserting fat into meat in period and today.
Lrds-Salt-Exp-art "Lord's Salt Experiment" by Lady Hauviette d'Anjou.
maize Discovery of maize (Indian corn) in the Americas and its introduction to Europe.
marrow Getting bone marrow. Recipes with marrow.
mashed-food Period 'mashed' food. Recipes.
Medicinal-Fds-art "Medicinal Foods of the Middle Ages" by Marija and Petr Kotok.
Medievl-Pasta-art "Medieval Pasta! " by Lady Jehanne de Huguenin.
medvl-cooking-lnks Links on medieval cooking by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
Mrdonas-Ktchn-art Mordonna's Kitchen. A series of articles on period cooking by Mordonna DuBois.
mustard-soup Mustard soup. HE Salaamallah's version.
no-fire-cook Period no-fire and solar cooking.
nuts Nuts, acorns, nut flours in medieval foods.
onion-soups Period onion soups.
Opn-Fr-Cookry-art "Outdoor Open Fire Cookery" by Count Sir Gunthar Jonsson, CIM.
p-cold-treats Period cold or frozen foods.
p-fd-coloring Period food colorings.
p-food-terms List of period food terms maintained by Phillipa Seton.
p-kitchens Period kitchens and kitchen staff.
paella Possible history of the Spanish rice and seafood dish called paella.
pasta Period pasta. Period referances. Recipes.
pasta-stufed Period stuffed pasta dishes. Ravioli.
pasta-gnocchi Period gnocchi pasta. Recipes.
Period-Pies-art "Raising a Coffin or the Fine Art of Making Period Pies. " by Lady Aoife Finn.
pickled-foods Medieval pickled food. Recipes.
pierogies Stuffed dumplings/pies from Eastern Europe.
pies Period pie crusts, meat and fruit pies.
pot-lck-ideas Menu ideas for pot luck feasts and revels.
potted-foods Cooked foods put in pots and sealed w. fat.
Preservng-CMA-foods-art "Preserving Foods in the Current Middle Ages" by Hauviette d'Anjou.
puddings Medieval puddings. recipes.
raw-fruit-vg Evidence that raw fruits and vegetables were eaten in period.
raw-milk Finding and using raw milk.
rec-in-verse Period recipes written in a verse format.
recipes Recipes for medieval food.
redacting Changing period recipes into modern format.
Redacting-art "The Kitchen Wench Way: Redacting Recipes" by Caointiarn.
rotten-meat The myth that they used spices to cover the taste of rotten meat in the Middle Ages.
salads Period salads. lettuce, greens.
Scotch-Eggs Fried sausage-wrapped hard-boiled eggs.
sel-frts-veg Selecting the best fruits and vegetables.
soup Medieval soups. Cooking soups at events. Recipes.
spice-use-art "The Question of Heavy Spice Use and Rotten Food" by Lord Xaviar the Eccentric.
substitutions Substituting ingredients in period recipes.
Summer-Salad-art "A Summer Salad" by Lady Jehanne de Huguenin
tarts Small, open-topped, shallow pies.
The-Saucebook-art "The Saucebook" by L. Allison Poinvillars de Tours. Sauces and the humours in the MA.
thickening Use of period food thickening agents.
To-Mke-A-Tart-art Article on medieval recipes using a cheese-onion tart as an example. By Terry Nutter.
Tourny-Basket-art "Filling the Tourney Basket" by Lady Caointiarn.
vegetarian Medieval vegetarianism. Lenten foods.
verjuice Medieval verjuice. Modern substitutions.
Vinegar-art "What's so special about Vinegar?" by Mistress Christianna MacGrain.
Vinegar-NJFCC-art "Vinegar: Not Just for Cleaning Coffeepots" by THL Mairin ben Dhiarmait.
vinegar Vinegar in period. Making vinegar.
Warners-art An article on disguised food by Alizaunde, Demoiselle de Bregeuf.
White-Mash-art An article on a recipe reconstructed from the Harpestraeng manuscript. The oldest western cookbook.
wine-cooking Cooking wines. Substitutions.
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