Ah, Ye olde cooking vortex, I knew you would still be there....
So, I'd been sick and/or busy since around thanksgiving, and wasn't really able to go to meetings since around Thanksgiving. That was not a big deal, as I don't currently hold an office, and had plenty of backlog projects to keep me busy at home.
So I go to the biz meeting last night, and Schlurp! Before I know it, I've been asked to be the breakfast cook for Foxes. Yep, welcome back to Ye Olde Cooking Vortex.
The theme is Byzantine food. Where to begin..I'll have to dig through my books and see what I can find.
Do I do eastern Byzantine empire, or do the western capital..what carried over from Roman customs?
Ingredients that immediately come to mind:
Millet porridge / honey / Olives / Capers / fish (I'm a wuss when it comes to making fish) / bread / cheese
Did they prepare eggs? What about fruit - what kind did they have? One website reference mentioned a type of omelette, and one street food, that might be fun to find out more about that.
Searches on Amazon for books yielded this possibility:
www.amazon.com/Flavours-Byzantium-None-Andrew-Dalby/dp/1903018145/ref=sr_1_14
A quick websearch found this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_food
www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/D2.7.html
Ah and Gode Cookery has this:
www.godecookery.com/byznrec/byznrec.htm
The fruits will be easy. The cheeses we will look for a good match. I'm interested in the breads. In August bread will rise easily. I have clearance from the feastcrat that she will not be working into the wee hours in the kitchen, so I can get in there super super late Friday/super early Saturday and have a Bake-A-thon if necessary. Maybe I can make small portable things that will carry well.
If I can get my kitchen remodeled by then I may be able to do some pre-cooking. I have to replace the sheet rock on the ceiling, and if I do the ceiling, I might as well do the walls and get it over with. I also need a new/used electric stove The income tax refund appears to be gone before it has even arrived.
So I go to the biz meeting last night, and Schlurp! Before I know it, I've been asked to be the breakfast cook for Foxes. Yep, welcome back to Ye Olde Cooking Vortex.
The theme is Byzantine food. Where to begin..I'll have to dig through my books and see what I can find.
Do I do eastern Byzantine empire, or do the western capital..what carried over from Roman customs?
Ingredients that immediately come to mind:
Millet porridge / honey / Olives / Capers / fish (I'm a wuss when it comes to making fish) / bread / cheese
Did they prepare eggs? What about fruit - what kind did they have? One website reference mentioned a type of omelette, and one street food, that might be fun to find out more about that.
Searches on Amazon for books yielded this possibility:
www.amazon.com/Flavours-Byzantium-None-Andrew-Dalby/dp/1903018145/ref=sr_1_14
A quick websearch found this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_food
www.macedonian-heritage.gr/HellenicMacedonia/en/D2.7.html
Ah and Gode Cookery has this:
www.godecookery.com/byznrec/byznrec.htm
The fruits will be easy. The cheeses we will look for a good match. I'm interested in the breads. In August bread will rise easily. I have clearance from the feastcrat that she will not be working into the wee hours in the kitchen, so I can get in there super super late Friday/super early Saturday and have a Bake-A-thon if necessary. Maybe I can make small portable things that will carry well.
If I can get my kitchen remodeled by then I may be able to do some pre-cooking. I have to replace the sheet rock on the ceiling, and if I do the ceiling, I might as well do the walls and get it over with. I also need a new/used electric stove The income tax refund appears to be gone before it has even arrived.