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A '''course''' is one group of dishes served at a [[feast]]. This could be just a few dishes, but historical menus sometimes went as high as about two dozen dishes in one course.

In [[England|English]] feasts a course began with one or two [[potage]]s and usually had a [[pastry]] at or near the end. One particularly large course, in "The ffest off [[Neville|Nevell]] [[archbishop|Archebisshope]] of [[York]] and [[chancellor|Chaunceler]] of Englond att his stallacon in York", as published in <I>A Noble [[book|Boke]] off [[cookery|Cookry]]</I>, begins with bland desere and [[date]]s in comfet, followed by about a dozen different kinds of [[bird]]s, plus [[rabbit]]s and [[sturgeon]], with several kinds of dainties such as [[fritter]]s and baked [[quince]]s (possibly in pastry) at the end of the course.

=== Course vs Remove ===

In the early history of the [[SCA]], many people started using words that 
would sound more "[[medjeeval]]" to the ear and add to the ambiance of the
[[event]]. One word quickly incorporated was <I>remove</I>, to mean <I>course</I>. It is actually an early modern term, and when properly used it refers to two dishes served to the same location on the table, one after the other. The correct word for the timeline of the SCA is "course".  

See also: 
*[[SCAism]]

=== External Links ===
* A history of the use of '''remove''' in SCA: http://dialup.pcisys.net/~mem/course.html

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