Medieval Banquet

[fluffymark]

snow_leopard is herding people to attend a Medieval Banquet in London on 12 July, which promises to be fab. It'll be even better is more of my friends turn up too, so if any of you are interested, post a comment on the post here (more info here too) and tell us you want to come along. It'll probably be booked this weekend, so please decide soon. Yay! :)

Comments

[fluffymark]

I think someone like you playing the part properly would scare them senseless! :)

As far as non-authenticity, i'd noticed the 'vegetarian option' which, while being very useful for you non-meat eaters, isn't exactly the sort of thing they had in those days.

What do you know recipes for? Anything exciting? It soudns like an idea to play around with at least. :) :) :)

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[the-alchemist.livejournal.com]

Not sure about the vegetarian thing - some medieval people were very strict about fasting on Fridays, and fish wouldn't always be available (and I *think* not considered fast food(!) by all.) And there would be some vegetarian dishes in most meals, so you could make a veggie banquet in which each individual dish was authentic even if the overall effect wasn't.

When I'm a Kentwell alchemist I say I'm experimenting with following the dietary regime of Pythagoras and excitedly draw triangles all over the place.