Friday, August 3, 2012

Two possible feast menu's

For the upcoming event when I get to cook for, I must plan out a menu and what foods to serve the populous. I'm torn between 2 options, and well be sitting down with the Autocrat and my teacher at the next event to get opinions on which of the two. I'm going with a German theme of camp cooking, so almost every dish can be traced from that region. But for you faithful readers, you all can get a sneak peek!

Menu #1 - The Carnivore

This menu is selected with the carnivore in mind. It's based around the Paleo diet (the diet my soon-to-be King is on) and is meat heavy as well as trying to use only foods that can be obtained in the wild/not based around agriculture

Breakfast:

Eggs (scrambled with/without mess) - A mess is a wild assortment of items, what was on hand. So I'd offer eggs plain or with onions/mushrooms blended in.
Bacon - I would prefer cured ham steaks, but bacon is most likely cheaper
Apple slices
Water
Coffee
Tea

Lunch:

Cold cut sandwiches - Ham or chicken, served on a small roll with mustards and fresh cut onion rings
Pickle spear
Water
Tea

Dinner:

Beverage choices -

. Water
. Tea (sweetened and nonsweetened)
. Lemonade (not period, but popular)

First Course -
. Bread and butter (spiced and plain)
. Wild Salad

Second Course -
. Mushroom and Onion Soup
. Sausage in an Apple and Onion sauce

Third Course -
. Barbequed Carbonadoes (various meat selections BBQ'd and spiced)
. Shiraziyya

Fourth Course -
. Funnelcake (oh yes, funnelcake is period)
. Sweetened Fruit
. Strawberry Puree

Menu #2 - The Well Balanced

This menu straddles the line. It doesn't favor anyone's particular dietary restrictions/choices, and is just full of things I find yummy!

Breakfast:

Eggs (scambled, plain or messed or with cheese!)
Glazed Toaste
Cinnamon Oatmeal
Water
Tea
Coffee

Lunch:

Cold cut sandwiches - Ham or chicken, served on a small roll with mustards and fresh cut onion rings
Pickle spear
Water
Tea

Dinner:

Beverage choices -

. Water
. Tea (sweetened and nonsweetened)
. Lemonade (not period, but popular)

First Course - 

. Bread and butter (honey, spiced, plain)
. Apple slices

Second Course -

. Mushroom Onion Soup
. Meatballs with a cherry sauce

Third Course -

. Pasta with Saffron and Mace
. Barbequed Carbonadoes (various meat selections BBQ'd and spiced)

Fourth Course -

. Funnelcake
. Bacon-wrapped dates

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