Which food?

Question

okay so for school in honor of Shakespearhe's birthday we can bring in a type of food that has anything to do with any of his plays or sonnets. so anyways, my mind is blank and if you have any ideas they would help a ton.

-thanks:)

Answer 1

In Shakespeare's era, they also dined on salads made of fresh herbs and vegetables. So you can bring in a delicious salad.

OR you could make christmas cookies. Twelfth Night is a Shakespeare play, I'm not exactually sure how much the play itself has to do with christmas but it was named after the Twelfth Night Holiday, which is similar to Christmas eve. The christmas cookie idea actually fits well because not only does the play have the right title for these holiday treats but the characters in the play have a case of mistaken identity.....sounds like christmas cookies in April!!!!

I'm sure if you made these Shakespearean Twelfth Night  cookies they would be a big hit with everyone in your class, who doesn't like christmas cookies :o)

~~~Happy Baking~~

Answer 2

maybe something like sad that makes you think of the end of Romeo and Juliet

Answer 3

I hope you get an A!! All of these are original recipes from Shakespearian times.

The easiest would be to make Mincemeat tarts with store bought mince meat since they had mincemeat then. if you want to make something from scratch then here are two recipes that I found.

Elizabethan Era recipes - Fine cakes

6 ounces of butter (1 and half sticks) at room temperature

Half a cup of sugar

1 egg yolk - beaten

1 and three quarter cups of sifted flour

Half a teaspoon of mace

A Pinch of ground saffron

Egg white

1) in a bowl cream the butter. Add the sugar and beat until fluffy.

2) Add the egg yolk and beat until thoroughly blended

3) In another bowl combine sifted flour and spices stirring to distribute evenly.

4) Sift dry ingredients into a bowl containing butter and sugar mixture. Combine by stirring with your hands.

5) Press mixture into a 9 inch square baking pan.

6) Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes or until the cake feels firm when pressed lightly in the center.

8) Cut into squares while the cake is still hot.

9) Cool in pan on wire rack.

Yields 25 small cakes

Elizabethan Era recipes - Ginger bread

1 cup of Honey

A generous quarter of a teaspoon of powered Ginger

Eighth of a teaspoon of ground cloves

Eighth of a teaspoon of Cinnamon

Eighth teaspoon ground licorice

1 and three quarters of a cup of dry bread crumbs

1 tablespoon of anise seeds

1) In the top of a double boiler, heat the honey. Add spices except anise seeds and stir to blend.

2) Add bread crumbs and mix thoroughly, cover and cook over a medium heat for 15 minutes. Mixture should be thick and moist.

3) Place Gingerbread on a large sheet of waxed paper. Fold up sides of paper and mold dough into small rectangle shapes.

4) Sprinkle anise seeds on top and press them gently into dough with the side of the knife.

5) Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours

6) Serve ginger bread at room temperature in thin slices.

Serves 8

Here is a tea recipe.

his really is Shakespeare's Tea! The combination of lavender, mint, savory and marjoram as a tea appeared in Act 4 of the Bard's "The Winter's Tale". I can't wait to give this a try. I found it online. I have no clue how many servings this makes.

Ingredients

1 cup dried lavender flowers

2 cups roughly cut dried peppermint

1 cup dried summer savory

1 cup dried sweet marjoram

1 cup dried whole calendula flowers (optional)

Directions

1. Here is a dried tea blend to keep you young and warm-blooded all winter!

2.Collect your herbs mid-summer and rub off the stems when dried.

3. Crumble the Peppermint leaves to match the size of the other greens.

4. If your Calendulas are huge, break in half when dry.

5.Use 1 tsp per cup.

6. In a pot add 1 tsp per person and 1 for the pot!

7.Steep 3 minutes.

Source(s):

http://www.seatofmars.com/finecakes.htm

Answer 4

I don't suppose you can bring a can of Falstaff beer to school:) .....      Ok, this is a bizarre idea, but I'm having a hard time with this:)  Get some Craisins; then get some "gold dust" or gold jimmies (that are edible) at a craft store or wherever they sell cake decorating supplies.  Mix the gold and the Craisins up in a bowl for RosenCRAntz and GILDenstern....