[starlord]

My specialty is Medieval Cookery. I am in the Society for Creative Anachronism, and we re-create the Middle Ages (as they should have been.) I am disabled, and therefore unable to compete in combat, but there are enough fields that there is something will be found to interest anyone. The challenge of finding recipes from England in, say, the 11th century, translating it and preparing the dishes to me is very exciting and satisfying. Many of the ingredients names have changed, of course, and so many ingredients in common use today are off-limits to the medieval chef, as they were products of the new world, and thus unknown in that time period. I am preparing right now to get into a Combat Cookery competition in a few months. Prior to the competition, you empty your larder of anything but water, and the day of the competition, each team recieves a mystery box, and must prepare three dishes from the contents of the box.