More cooking

For those who don’t already know, tatianitska and I are cooking for the Newcomers’ Feast this year. After much discussion, we decided on the theme of ‘Angleterre to Outremer’ (basically England to the Middle East – Europe is nicely in the middle). After we’d decided the theme, the dishes actually fell into place quite nicely. Most of them have been at previous feasts run by one or the other of us, but there’ll be a few new ones. I’ve started testing them out already.

For those not familiar with the term: (source Wikipedia)
Outremer, French (outre-mer) for "overseas", was the general name given to the Crusader states established after the First Crusade: the County of Edessa, the Principality of Antioch, the County of Tripoli and especially the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The name was often used as an equivalent to Levant, Syria or Palestine, and incorporated areas that are today also part of Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon.


The term could also be used for any other land "overseas"; Louis IV of France was called "Louis d'Outremer" as he was raised in England.