The Supersizers Go...

I mean, you know as well as I do how hard it is to find a good Medieval thing to put on the TV that's going to scratch that itch. The itch that wants something entertaining but educational, and that isn't going to make us throw a pair of Ginghers through the screen because of how pissed off the inaccuracies make us. So you're like, oh, I love Knight's Tale but AUGH ZIPPERS, AUGH! You know?

I stumbled across this British show on Hulu that had me in a riot of laughter, it's called The Supersizers Go... and it's simply brilliant. Restaurant critic Giles Coren and his friend and comedienne Sue Perkins swan off to different points in history to dress the part and live and eat for a week as people of that era would have done. Additionally, they visit a physician before and after the fact for a full range of tests- just to see what eating this way does to you.

For SCAdians, the Ancient Rome, Medieval, Elizabethan, and Restoration episodes will be of the greatest interest, but they're all hilarious and brilliant and I've been eating them up. The commentary, both gastronomic and social, is most excellent. They offer full menus of every meal, with plenty of behind-the-scenes on how it was cooked, although it would be up to you to research the recipes in full.

The Gourmet cookbook is not going to tell you how to make mice fried in foaming honey. It's just not.