Is this SM Stirling's very first lovingly listed fictional menu? After the conquerors have invoked their gods and sacrificed a horse, their slaves carry in smoking platters and containers of:
wheat bread
beef
savory heaps of roast pig
venisonbear meat
eggs
garlic, herb sausage
milk
cheese
blood puddings
onions
brothfresh rye bread
potatoes
turnips
sauerkraut
dried fruit
dried nuts
honey-mead
whiskey
southland wine
"lifewater"
(The images show which kinds of food I prefer.)
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Only a PHYSICALLY active life could make such a yummy diet safe for a largely sedentary like me! (Sighs)
I've drank wine, bear, brandy, ale, but never MEAD. That is one kind of drink I would like to try out.
Sean
Karl, Sean!
I bought a bottle of mead some years ago, and drank it a bit at a time. Drunk straight, it was like a white wine, but with the muskiness of honey, instead of a grape flavor, and it wasn’t sweet. I also tried it heated, with honey and cinnamon, and that was good for winter evening.
Best Regards,
Nicholas (behind on the weblog)
Kaor, Nicholas!
I did look up mead online and found out there are different types of that drink. Your comments here makes me more inclined to try out mead.
I hope you will have time to comment more often here!
Regards! Sean
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