aggieamy Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Book club this month was reading a few Shakespeare plays (Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, and Comedy of Errors). We normally do a "theme" dinner to go with the book. We did a tea when we read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, sushi for Murakami, nachos for a book set in Texas, and so on. What would you fix to go with Shakespeare? It also needs to be able to feed 9 adults and 10 kids (ages newborn to 9) so that rules out something that would be very labor intensive and it has to be vegetarian. I'm counting on you ladies to help me out because I've not NO IDEAS. Eek. Book club is Monday night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Maybe these have some ideas? http://www.gingergarrett.com/downloads/EveningTudors.pdf http://www.internal.schools.net.au/edu/lesson_ideas/renaissance/renaissance_cookery_wksht.html http://all-about-renaissance-faires.com/food/renaissance_foods.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/food-from-the-age-of-shakespeare-2223087/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Thanks! It looks like they ate a lot of meat. That makes it tricky with the vegetarian thing. Maybe I'll do a plowman's lunch type thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occasionally Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 There's an article on the Food Timeline. It contains this tidbit about what was eaten at the Globe Theatre: "Vendors offered beer, water, oranges, nuts, gingerbread, and apples, all of which were occasionally thrown at the actors. Hazelnuts were the most popular theatre snack, the Elizabethan equivalent of Raisinets."---The Friendly Shakespeare, Norrie Epstein [Viking:New York] 1992 (p. 45) For the Merchant of Venice, don't forget to investigate Italian food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Thanks! It looks like they ate a lot of meat. That makes it tricky with the vegetarian thing. Maybe I'll do a plowman's lunch type thing? They also ate a lot of walnuts on feast days. Never try making walnut lasagne. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/scacooksitalian/files Have a look at Helewyse's files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 What about a Shakespeare theme instead of what they actually ate? Taming of the Tureen (soup) Two Pastas from Verona (pasta dish) A Mid-Summer Night's Feast (veggie platter) No Ham-Let Sandwich (sandwich platter) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Our local Shakespeare festival used to do a feast, years ago. Seven courses. One course was a really yummy cheese soup in a bread bowl, served without spoons to be authentic. It was otherwise pretty meat heavy, with chicken and stuff like that. The main thing that made it feel true to Shakespearean times was the lack of utensils. I think one course used spoons due to health code, but otherwise, only knives were available. At the greenshow before the plays, the "serving wenches" sell fruit tarts. One year, though, rather than "authentic," they went for fairy themed, inspired by "Midsummer's Night Dream." They had edible flowers in the salad, but I don't remember most of the other courses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 The Tudors used cutlery, not just knives. :confused1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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