<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Food Friends --</span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></span></div><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">I receive the Complete Anachronist every quarter, and was skimming the latest one, The Eltham Ordinances, containing excerpts from the regulations by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey intended to curb waste and to control spending by Henry Vlll and his court.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Sounded pretty heavy and dull, so I put to one side for later. When I finally picked it up, I found that most of Baroness Matilda of Swynford's material contained much of interest to cookbook readers and historical folks.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">It covers many topics like Clerks of the Spicery, Master Cooks and Others, Despoiling of Pleasures and Commodities in Noblemen's and Gentlemen's Houses, and No Dogs to be Kept in Court -- something for everyone. There are even charts of expenses for the household, and a chart showing which day of each month that the Court will be at which of eight locations.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">My copy is available for perusal, or dig out your own and check it out. Or you can order one from here : <a href="https://members.sca.org/apps/#Store">https://members.sca.org/apps/#Store</a></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-_2cuy gmail-_3dgx" style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;padding:6px 0px 0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span start="0" class="gmail-_247o" style="background-color:rgb(220,230,248);font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Elss Augsburg</span></span></span></div></div></div>