Activities through 8-2-20

Very little happened with your scribe being down sick all week, there are lots of links, but little of ours to show. We did manage to find all the links for the 3rd season of the Fires of Guedelon and there are lots of class and cookery vids. The link to the Bomticc Tapestry is with a couple photos of specific years and there are more links!

We’re hoping for better this week, plus Anja is starting a page of largesse pix to showcase a lot of what we’ve done over the years.

All meetings are on hold for the moment, although Project Day and the Monthly Potluck are being held in the Virtual Realm. We’re also doing mini-potlucks, just Anja & Loren and one other “pod” at a time. Let us know if you’re interested!

Embroidery for kiss-lock pouch

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 11am-1pm
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, Noon to 6pm
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Virtual Potluck – 8/16, 9/20
Next Winter Feast tentative Date is 2/15/21, Probably not being held….

Here is the direct Portfolio link which has all the past Project Day reports and various projects, original here: https://housecapuchin.wordpress.com/portfolio/ and new one here: https://housecapuchin2.wordpress.com/portfolio/ and number three is here: https://housecapuchin3.wordpress.com/portfolio/

The Pennsic Horn

Avacal Rose glow – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LpUYZIvXJL7HmKD-nRv9pX8Q2bFyRePe/view?fbclid=IwAR0SdKl7OQlMOBAOQ2DgCjzyVsJLwhh4QEcYkeS17_o9ZUpKkZn6qLWGgYM

Educational Events

This Week! First Virtual Courtesan College – https://www.facebook.com/events/305854520537637/
8/15 – Wyewood We Wait? – https://www.facebook.com/events/300960464373910/
9/4-9/7 – An Tir Grand Ithra – https://www.facebook.com/events/283497572757576/
Now…. and recorded – Pennsic University – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcPqyAoBz-iFNF3T-kQt0eQ/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=1
https://www.facebook.com/events/722408595222330/

Classes –

How to start Nalbinding (Viking Knitting)

Pennsic – Wire-wrapped Rings

Pennsic – How to Build a Clay Oven

Pennsic – Tent Walls

Witchcraft in Medieval Byzantium

How to make a medieval style Bow Rack (Longbow DIY Archery)

ELIZABETH WOODVILLE PART 1: Making a 15th Century Queen Gown

ELIZABETH WOODVILLE PART 2: Making a 15th Century Queen Hat (Hennin)

MEDIEVAL GRWM: Becoming Elizabethan Woodville | 15th century Queen of England

MAKING A WEIRD MEDIEVAL DRESS WITH EYES | Allegorical Holy Grail Quest Dress Part 2: Sewing Vlog

Early Week – Not a lot happening with Anja still down sick.

Cookery – Other than eating up various bits and pieces that were previously cooked, the only thing we made this week was a beer/cheese soup.

It was based on a Townsend’s recipe, the first one in the video links below this. Pretty much we just replaced water with 2/3 beef broth and 1/3 beer. This one is *really* simple! It turned out a bit stickier than we expected, but really tasty. The beef we used didn’t have quite enough oomph for the soup, just adding a bare hint of flavor. I think next time I want to use something like Rogue’s Dead Guy Ale or Shakespeare Stout. (recipe below)

Leftovers Monday morning. – You can really taste the beer in this, now the next day, and re-heating in the microwave worked beautifully. I think it’s the breadcrumbs that make it not possible for the cheese to become just a hard lump. Tasty! …and yeah, I would recommend letting it sit overnight for things to blend.

Clarea (honey-tea) – https://thequeensmeal.blogspot.com/2020/08/clarea-from-water-honey-tea-16th.html
Beef Pie – https://thequeensmeal.blogspot.com/2020/08/beef-and-cheese-pie-16th-century.html
More farts! Two fairly simple recipes here. https://siglindesarts.wordpress.com/2020/07/30/cooking-farts/
Village-Style Chicken with Sour Cherries – https://siglindesarts.wordpress.com/2020/07/26/village-style-chicken-with-sour-cherries

Bread-thickened soups show up in late period (brewet from the French feast!)

A Medieval Breakfast

Recipe 28 – Pottage Of Turnips

29 – My Lord’s Feast

30 – Valencye

Sewing – The kiss-lock pouch trial run finally got finished late Wednesday night. The thread kept breaking, which was really frustrating. It turned out that the pattern was about 1/2 an inch shy of fitting perfectly, so it looks like another trial run coming. The embroidery can get started, though. The rest of the week was the edge stitching on that table runner and working on the doll.( Pix in Project Day)

Sundials, etc. – Loren got a little time in on some needles on Sunday. (Pix in Project Day)

Project Day – Was just Loren working on needles, and Anja sewing.

Runner (edge stitching progress and a mistake)

Recipes

Beer/Cheese soup as of 8/2/20

2 cups of beef broth
1 cup strong beer
1/2 an onion
1 cup bread crumbs
2-3 cups of shredded cheddar

Method

Set the broth to heat.
Chop the onion and add.
When it boils, turn off the heat.
Add the breadcrumbs, sprinkling over the top while stirring. If you dump it in, it will get lumpy and you’ll have to stir a lot to break up the lumps.
Add the cheese, a small handful at a time, still stirring.
Stir until the cheese finishes melting and serve.

Miscellaneous pix

G.R.H. Routiers · 19 hrs · MINT #routiersGotujzKrasnalem It comes from the Mediterranean. She was known in antiquity, especially the Romans who disseminated it across Europe. In the Middle Ages, red mint meat, such as beef or lamb was eager. It was also willingly added to herbal sauces. In medicine, mint infusions were given to people suffering from stomach pain. Crushed mint leaves were rubbed into the gums to protect against inflammation. More about spices on our blog: https://grhroutiers.wixsite.com/blog/post/przyprawy-stosowane-w-%C5%9Bredniowieczu —– Tacuinum Sanitatis XIV century.

From the Bomticc Tapestry – https://carrotkhan.webs.com/?fbclid=IwAR3BGDSJgyNaP3kUQ5FtYbr8Fff7968XVpBvxjteoPv1G6HH_hfTn3t_dVk – The Midrealm dragon’s last son – Northshield is raised to principality. Dafydd ap Gwalchmai the first prince, Gwyneth Felton his princess. Beholden to An Tir, the Principality of the Summits was raised up, Lawrence of the Marsh the first prince, Miriam de Xaintrailles his princess. Quad War began this year in the Crown Principality of Avacal, located in the Kingdom of An Tir. Originally, the Quad war began as a heavy fighting contest between the shires of the Crown Principality, as symbolized by Avacal personified, and it’s three Baronies, that of the Barony of Borealis, the Barony of Montengarde, and the Barony of Myrgan Wood. After Avacal was a Principality in its own right, the Prince of Avacal fought on the side of the shires against the Barons.

From the Bomticc Tapestry – https://carrotkhan.webs.com/?fbclid=IwAR3BGDSJgyNaP3kUQ5FtYbr8Fff7968XVpBvxjteoPv1G6HH_hfTn3t_dVk – Because this panel was created in advance of the 50th Anniversary date of May 1st, 2015, the images here are predicting events to happen in the Golden Year rather than recording events that have already happened. On the first day of the new Society year, the Principality of Avacal will break with their parent kingdom of An Tir and start a new royal lineage. As there is no way to predict whether the champion of that tourney will be a man or woman, the thrones are depicted empty, waiting for their rightful occupants. (ed. note – the first crown tourney was won by Sir Albrecht von Rugen for the Lady Nasheeta Al-Rakkasa Machiavelli) Also to take place on the start of the new year, kingdoms may choose to elevate deserving candidate to the newly formed Masters of Defense, a peerage to honor those gentles skilled in rapier fighting. No single kingdom can elevate more than three candidates at the start of the year, represented by the three rapier fighters in attendance around Avacal’s thrones. There is no telling who will be the first to be inducted into this newest peerage, with a likelihood that the Grand Master could very well be a woman. With that in mind, the visage a woman fencer from history, the Princess of Eboli, was un-apologetically borrowed for the alleged tale that she had lost an eye in a fencing duel. It seemed fitting tribute to the ladies of the list. The Society – birthed in a humble backyard party of friends – has achieved fifty years of glorious Dreaming. May we all be granted fifty more.

Music

Tudor and Renaissance Music vol 4

Varulven – The Werewolf. Swedish medieval ballad

Karnyx

Links

The Embroidered Caupar Game board – https://pieceworkmagazine.com/game-of-kings-the-embroidered-caupar-game-board/
Take a tusk, drill holes, weave a rope – and change the course of history – https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2020/aug/01/mammoth-tusk-drill-holes-make-rope-change-history-stone-age
Historical games – http://www.xn--sca-sterreich-lmb.at/projekte/historische-spiele/
Portland’s First Medieval Style Mead Hall To Breathe New Life Into A Portland Classic Bar – https://obsidiancrow.news.blog/2020/07/03/portlands-first-medieval-style-mead-hall-to-breathe-new-life-into-a-portland-classic-bar/

Video Links

Henry VIII’s Mega Castles

The Fires of Guedelon Season 3

Episode 1 –

Episode 2 –

Episode 3 –

Episode 4 –

Episode 5 –

Episode 6 –

Episode 7 –

Episode 8 –

Funnies

Largesse Item Count – (includes gifts, prizes, auction items, etc.)

ASXLVII = 24
ASXLVIII = 88
ASXLIX = 794
ASL = 2138
ASLI = 731
ASLII = 304
ASLIII – 146
ASLIV – 222 plus 4 puppets, 3 hippocras mix, 4 powder fort, 8 cheese spice and 9 powder douce packets, 9 tiny bobs, 7 pincushions, 3 pins, 4 snip case w/snips, lucet cords, 25 pouches for block-printing, 1 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 14 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124), 2 emery strawberries.

Total as a Household = 4053 handed off

In ministerio autem Somnium! Anja, graeca doctrina servus to House Capuchin
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Last updated 8/4/20

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