Tuesday 21 March 2017

Harvest Supper

SM Stirling, The Protector's War (New York, 2006), Chapter Nineteen, p.528.

Another harvest supper (see here):

hot biscuits
warm round loaves marked with the Wheel of the Year
butter
cheese
green salad
glazed hams
cold roast beef
fried chicken
apple-cured bacon
wild mushrooms
steamed vegetables
baked beans
pork
steaming new potatoes
baby beets
strong homemade mustard
creamy horseradish
peaches, berries and cherries with cream
honey
cold water
milk
home brew
cider
wine
herbal tea

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

The descriptions of these sumptuous banquets and the foods listed always reminds me of Nicholas van Rijn. He would have loved these dinners!

Sean