Dishes at the Tavern

[Dremmen]

I am having the hardest time finding a resource that lists a bunch of medieval dishes. All I'm looking for is some variety for when the player's sit down to eat a meal at a tavern. I found the Kaiser's Bazaar series which has every last thing I'd need in a town - other than dishes! or an example menu, etc.

Anyone know if such a thing exists?

 

[Lorgrom]

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20010223d

here is a link to a tavern generator. its pretty nice.

 

[D'karr]

I am having the hardest time finding a resource that lists a bunch of medieval dishes. All I'm looking for is some variety for when the player's sit down to eat a meal at a tavern. I found the Kaiser's Bazaar series which has every last thing I'd need in a town - other than dishes! or an example menu, etc.

Anyone know if such a thing exists?

How about this:
http://tudorhistory.org/topics/food/menu.html

 

[Dremmen]

Logrom, thanks for the link. If nothing else turns up I'll go with that. I'll still keep looking though because some of the menus it gives..triceratops steak?? really? griffin-milk? Plus even when set to noble the dishes are pretty simple fare. I was looking more for roast pork glazed in honey butter and spiced with cloves..etc.

D'karr, that's more along the lines I was thinking...if only they listed about fifty more examples of dishes like those =S

 

[Raven Crowking]

I own a couple of Medieval cookbooks, and if you google "Medieval recipe" you ought to find some interesting things.

EDIT: Try http://www.bitwise.net/~ken-bill/med-p1.htm

http://www.godecookery.com/mtrans/mtrans.htm

http://members.tripod.com/BlackTauna/recipes.html

These were the first three google hits and ought to keep you in interesting foodstuffs for a while. The best part is, of course, that if you have culinary inclinations you can cook the stuff!


RC

 

[Saladman]

Not a list, but here's one that actually looks good at the end:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFsvC1B8UhE

He links to the website he pulled the recipe from, but it lists recipes by country, not by period. Still, you could pick a country for inspiration and crib that.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

PDFs are the answer:

http://www.yourgamesnow.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=171
http://www.yourgamesnow.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1045
http://www.yourgamesnow.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1047
http://www.yourgamesnow.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=179

Expeditious Retreat also has a great PDF of fantasy racial foods, but for some reason, I can't find it in their Web store and they're no longer associated with RPGNow, which is too bad, since it's the best in breed for fantasy food choices, IMO.

 

[Kae'Yoss]

For great variety in meals visit the Crazed Cannibal. We serve all kinds of people!

 

[pawsplay]

The restaurant is a fairly recent invention. In general, in a medieval setting, you could look forward to bread, stew, maybe some cheese, and game if you're lucky (and well to do).

 

[mmadsen]

The restaurant is a fairly recent invention. In general, in a medieval setting, you could look forward to bread, stew, maybe some cheese, and game if you're lucky (and well to do).

Exactly. Even an inn would be rare outside of certain well-traveled areas, and it would serve a meal to everyone who showed up and paid. There would be no menu of choices.