” Season might pass without a singer ever coming to play for us, and there’s not a goldsmith on the island. Even meals became a trial. My cook knew little beyond his roasts and stews, and Lynesse soon lost her taste for fish and venison.” (Clash of Kings) Medieval Baked Venison Modern Baked Venison Our
“Arianne drew the child away. ‘You must be hungry. We have dates and cheese and olives, and lemonsweet to drink. You ought not eat or drink too much, though…” -A Feast for Crows 17th C. and Modern Lemonsweet Thoughts: These recipes produce two very different lemonades. The older recipe results in an intense, kick in the
When the sun set the air grew cool and the children went inside in search of supper, still the prince remained beneath his orange trees, looking out over the still pools and the sea beyond. A serving man brought him a bowl of purple olives with flatbread, cheese, and chickpea paste. He ate a bit
Hello all! Just wanted to let you know that we are going on a brief hiatus for the next week or so. We will be on a camping trip in western PA. In Slippery Rock. With 12,000 of our friends. Yes, you know what we mean. :) Expect many more delicious posts, recipes, and photos
On July 12th, George RR Martin began his half-month book signing tour for A Dance with Dragons. Being the foodies that we are, we couldn’t help but start planning how to get him some of the food that he has inspired us to create. And since Chelsea takes projects a little too seriously, our plan
“This evening they had supped on oxtail soup, summer greens tossed with pecans, grapes, red fennel, and crumbled cheese, hot crab pie, spiced squash, and quails drowned in butter. Lord Janos allowed that he had never eaten half so well.” -A Clash of Kings Summer Greens Salad w/grapes, pecans, and cheese Our Thoughts: There are
Elizabethan buns “‘Eat,’ Jon told him. ‘There’s no knowing when you’ll have another chance.’ He took two buns himself. The nuts were pine nuts, and besides the raisins there were bits of dried apple.” -A Storm of Swords Modern Buns Our Thoughts: The Elizabethan buns look cute, if a little strange, but they taste very
“Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes.” -George Bernard Shaw Scotch Eggs Our Thoughts Being great fans of British food, we absolutely love Scotch Eggs. I mean, hardboiled egg, wrapped in sausage, and fried? YES. And when you can use any size egg for these, the options widen
“The stew was fiery hot, Hotah knew, though he tasted none of it. Sherbet followed, to cool the tongue.” (aDwD) Sherbet Our Thoughts: Unable to decide which recipes to use, we tried three of them. We’ll start with the modern and work our way back in time. Modern is YUM. The tang of the Greek yogurt
“The beer was brown, the bread black, the stew a creamy white. She served it in a trencher hollowed out of a stale loaf. It was thick with leeks, carrots, barley, and turnips white and yellow, along with clams and chunks of cod and crabmeat, swimming in a stock of heavy cream and butter. It was the sort