Culinary Guild Activities -  Aside from our regular activities, starting at JuneFaire 2003 we have been very pleased to present a demonstration of medieval cookery.  We refined our demo for 2004  and again for September Crown that same year.  Here are some pictures from the demos-

 

Many of the recipes used in the demonstrations are available at JuneFaire Recipes.

 

 Bread baking has remained a staple of our demos, below a golden loaf, 2003 For more info see An Experiment in Bread Baking, Junefaire 2003

At left: A bacon and cheese pastry is laid out on the table.  Here a pipkin is pressed into use for the apple/pear filling for a recipe from a 1350 German cookbook. see link to recipes above for more information.

 

This is a Pottage of Cabbages  from the Forme of Cury that turned out quite tasty, Crown 2004

 

We are greatly indebted to Mistress Gwen the Potter for use of her period replica pottery in our demos.  The pipkin above and the cooking pot at left are hers as well as the colander and pitchers below.

 

 

 

We were especially pleased with our roast chicken  experiment at September Crown 2004.  The bird was roasted  on a spit over a charcoal fire, stuffed with a whole apple and herbs seen here.  The flesh was moist and juicy and we are looking to expand our roasting experiment in the future.

 

 

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