CEREALS ~

FRUMENTY

Setting the Scene:

After setting out lunch at the medieval charity fair, our heroine, Janet, is roped into

making supper. Meanwhile, Devin, is getting beaten at a sword fight against Silas, the

man who constantly drools over Janet's cleavage. Afraid she's the prize, Janet is almost

too scaredto watch.

Excerpt from All for a Good Cause:

Scowling, Janet took another swig of the beer she was supposed to use for the

meat marinade. After stepping out of her hoops back in Devin's trailer, she'd sought out

Maggie-Ann and for her efforts got roped into setting out lunch. And starting supper. Her

slippers, soaked by the dew, were out drying in the sun behind the kitchen tent. She

decided to risk dropping a clay pot or two on her toes.

So where did you go this morning?" Maggie-Ann asked her, whisking a bowl of

cream.

"I had trouble with my hoops and needed a private place to fix them. I didn't want

to disturb you and Tom."

"You missed breakfast. We had frumenty, and the boys actually liked it. Stop

drinking the marinade."

Janet put down her tumbler of beer. "Just checking it. Besides, I need something

to get me through the weekend. I'm going to be married tomorrow and my betrothed is

being beaten to a pulp by the sheriff."

Maggie-Ann peered out at the practice field. "Good God, is he ever. If I didn't

know better, I'd say Silas was enjoying it. Maybe you're the prize."

If I am, I'm going home."

Don't want to marry Silas?" Maggie-Ann asked.

The thought turns my stomach."

Maybe it's all the beer you're swilling. Get the meat into it, before it's all gone,

will you? You're making supper, remember?"

Janet dumped the huge seasoned roast into the clay pot she'd swiped

with grease. Almost crying, she dumped the beer into it.

Cooking By The Book