[MR] Elizabethan Diet

[Karen]

Methinks they are mistaken. ;-)

See http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=byte&byte=141692111 for definitions & examples in Middle English contexts.

Karen



----- Original Message ----
From: Rebecca Wolfe Miller <eirys85 at yahoo.com>
To: David Chessler <chessler at usa.net>; Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Tue, October 27, 2009 8:14:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] Elizabethan Diet

Greetings!

In part 2, at the tavern, they define a peascod as "a veggie burger made of figs, raisins, and flour".  Does anyone have a confirming source for this?

If so, the dance steps in "Gathering Peascods" would make much more sense as you would be gathering fruits from overhead instead of picking peas. :-)

Elwynne Liers, the curious