# What's the most complicated meal you've ever prepared?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [March 2, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-complicated-meal-youve-ever-prepared/980588 "2023-03-02T14:20:29Z")\
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A 28 remove\* medieval feast, including:

pork pâté  
mushroom+cheese pasties  
pork+date+egg tartlets  
beef+currant meatballs  
devilled eggs  
fish in vinegar+herb sauce  
2 types of quiche (herb, bacon+onion)  
2 types of meat pies(venison, beef)  
sauteed spinach + bacon  
spiced lentils in cream  
blancmange (chicken+rice in almond milk, not a pudding)  
lozenges (medieval macaroni+cheese)  
2 types of salad (lettuce+herb, mint+orange)  
2 kinds of sausages  
garlic roast leg of lamb with pomegranate  
gilded roast chicken  
Icelandic chicken (chicken+bacon+herbs in pastry case)  
beef+ostrich meatloaf in the shape of a boar’s head with olive eyes and turnip tusks  
shortbread biscuits  
strawberry tartlets  
nut+date balls  
medieval gingerbread (not a cookie)  
cherry bread pudding  
sambocade (elderflower cheesecake)  
pear custard tart  
poached pears

Plus assorted breads, sauces, drinks…

\* a _remove_ is something between a dish and a course.

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