More on the 14th century cook's playdate

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I should have lunch with learnteach more often. I always come away with an idea for something interesting to do. In the previous playdate post I talked about books we might use as sources, and now I’ve got ideas about using some iconographic eveidence. I’d like to  re-create some of the scenes from the Luttrel Psalter (warning! this very cool, page-turning link will want you to install Adobe Flash). The last page is a dining scene we could use for the table. There’s another 14th century picture of a man and a woman dining in an open tent. I uploaded some pictures of people dining in the 14th century to the perfectlyperiodfeast yahoo group. I'll dig around for some pictures of 14th century cooks, as there's one of a man roasting little birds tied to a spit I'd like to try to re-create with the quails-stuffed-with-cheese-and-wrapped-in-bacon recipe from Taillevent.