If there is ever a time you sit and eat feast, this should be the one. See the menu below, but it won't include the surprises coming during the feast!
Emeline de Moulineaux is preparing a feast where each and every dish has a connection to the poison theme. But worry not! Everything will be safe and edible. No actual poisons will be served and, due to allergies, no actual lampreys will be served either.
If you have any questions concerning the menu, please contact the Feast Steward, Emeline de Moulineaux.
1st course –
Tomato Tart – Based loosely on Tart in Ymbre Day & Tart de Bry from Forme of Cury
Includes sundried tomatoes, commercial pie crust, mozzarella/gouda cheeses, basil, & oregano
Oyles Soppes (Onion Soup) - From Two Fifteenth-Century Cookery-Book
Includes onions, olive oil, vegetarian bouillon, garlic, salt
2nd course –
Salad of Tansy, Wild Lettuce, & Rue – From Forme of Cury
Includes spinach, arugula, parsley, watercress, apple cider vinegar, olive oil, salt
Belladonna Chireseye (Cherry Pudding) – From Forme of Cury
Includes cherries, breadcrumbs, butter, grape juice, sugar
Beef Roast with Mandrake Root & Poison Hemlock – From The Good Huswives Handmaid & A New Book of Cookerie Includes roast beef, carrots, parsnips, salt, olive oil, garlic, rosemary
3rd course –
Chicken with Garlic Cheese Sauce – From The Book of Sent Sovi
Includes chicken, salt, pepper, garlic, Parmesan cheese, olive oil
Shortbread with Arsenic Dusting - From “The Historical Cookery Page” in “Gode Boke of Cookery” website
Includes flour, sugar, butter, cinnamon
Beverages -
Pennyroyal Tea - made from mint, hyssop, & tangerine sage
Water
Feast Tokens – Gemstones were believed to protect one from poisoning by purifying the contents when the gemstone touched to the food or drink. Maimonides believed emeralds & amethysts were particularly effective against poison. He also reported that those who drank from a cup carved from a single amethyst would be unable to get drunk. While single gemstones, particularly emeralds, were the best to use, powdered could counteract poison as well. Use this powdered “amethyst” or “citrine” as protection throughout the feast as you see fit.
Note: The powdered gemstone in the vial is composed completely of sugar dyed in a period fashion by layering in violets or chrysanthemums with a color boost from commercial food dye.