Projects – Page 19 – House Capuchin 3

Activities through 11-3-19

Some weeks seem so very quiet and like not a lot got done. That was this week…but look at all the pictures! I guess we did manage to do stuff!

There are the tvarog, raspberries and kraut. There’s some embroidery, and candles and lots more, plus a whacking lot of links down at the bottom. …and strawberries, with a bit of documentation, finally.

It looks like the feast menu is starting to fill in. We might have a tentative menu this week.

Meetings are on time this week. We may start Thursday Sewing up again for the winter… maybe…

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
Very creamy

Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group.
Next Potluck – 11/17, 12/15, 1/19/20
Winter Feast Date is 2/16/20, Date may change! Theme German Renaissance

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/

Early Week – The care packages were well received. Anja’s goodie from the gift exchange finally came. Saffron bulbs and a table shield! Stella dropped off her dishes from the care packages and some mink bits. …and we *still* haven’t heard back from the Garden Club about the hall… 3rd e-mail going out.

Cookery – Since everyone loved the strawberries we decided to include them in the feast menu. That means making a larger batch! I’m hoping for some raspberries in time, too.

Raspberries on the left and strawberries on the right shaken and sugared.

Feedback on Care Packages

Estella – “The 3-bean salad was great, I guess I’m tasting cardamon? [Answ. Yes] Spaetzle– you can’t go wrong feeding me spaetzle. Good job, not rubbery or mushy, just right. The pork was kinda ordinary to my taste buds, but good! Oh, and the strawberries? If I give you my house will you make me a couple of gallons of that every week for the rest of my life? Superb. I was going to put it on yogurt, but wisely just slurped it right out of the cute little container! Thanks!

Sasha – 10/25 “I only ate the pickled egg so far, it was most excellent. Haven’t had one in a bit, made my night.” 10/26 “I put the strawberries on pancakes…. Best pancakes ever ..”, 10/27 “Ummm it was good? Lol. I don’t know what to say, other than I added garlic salt to almost everything. I do that anyways. Well yeah. Just because it is pickled doesn’t mean I don’t want some garlic on top ”

Susanne – “The pork and spaetzle were excellent. I am not a pickled egg fan. The stew was very tasty. Strawberries yummy. The beans not a big bean fan either. They were different and good.”

Crockpots

Blue – on low – 1 hr 99f, 2 hr 135f, 3 hr, 160f
~ on high – 1 hr, 134, 2 hr, 166, 185
Pink – on low – 1 hr 96F, 2 hr 134F, 3 hr, 145, 4 hr 157
Lg oval – on low – 1 hour 97F, 2 hr 126, 3 hr, 145, 4 hr 164

Other cookery – Girdle cakes on Tuesday. Strawberries on Wednesday. Mushrooms and Sauerkraut on Thursday. Raspberries and Tvarog on Sunday.

Girdle cakes – …and a snack box for Loren

Starting ingredients, minus the oat flour

Mushrooms – A local guy gifted Anja with some chanterelles. She didn’t have a good way to cook them up right away, so she put them in the dehydrator.

Strawberries – We’re going to have to do several batches. The ones from last summer are about 1/3 gone. So, the first batch happened on Wednesday. [pix above]

Sauerkraut – We had two big beautiful cabbages and a partial one from Loryea and another partial that Anja and Loren had in the fridge from the previous week. Thursday evening Anja finally got started getting the outer leaves off, chopping, coring, salting, mashing and then finally getting the kraut into jars with a cover leaf and the core to keep it under the brine. Two jars got finished that night, leaving two cabbages that were each 1/3 used. The other two got done on Friday, along with setting up a tvarog, but the last jar was really short. Loren grated a turnip for that, once it was peeled.

All 6 jars. The first two are the leftmost, then the Friday ones in the center. You can see a color change… and a texture change with the one in the front with the turnip. On the right is the tvarog and behind it is the brine used for topping up the jars. If you look *really* carefully, you can see liquid from the “spitting” that the jars do as they ferment.

Tvarog

You can see above the photo of the tvarog from Friday night, and on Saturday evening it went into the blue crockpot to cook. The sauerkraut also got brine added and the jars are “rocked” each day to get the bubbles to the top.

Sewing – Finished the tissue cover embroidery and got back to work on the collarband.

Tissue cover, that last unfinished bit has run off the end

Herb Bunch – This week was container candles made from an infused rosemary beexwax. We also spent some time going through supplies for next week and the next set of projects.

Some done

Project Day – Was a bit of a swiz again because the shop was *that* busy. We finished the cheese, early on. It came out as a cream cheese this time, very damp, but a good bread-spread.

Loren worked on his rune blanks and Anja on embroidery. Late in the afternoon we worked on the outside plants and the saffron bulbs got planted.

That and photos was pretty much it. …and rocking the sauerkraut….

Very, very late in the day, when we were sure no customers were going to be tripping on them, we pulled out some of the woodworking equipment. Anja needed a sauerkraut poking stick and so Loren worked on that while she did some more on the wand. Pix next week…

Recipes

Sugar-Preserved Strawberries

Quoting from https://housecapuchin3.wordpress.com/portfolio/activities-through-7-1-18/ [This link has process pictures as well as this recipe/method]

Strawberries – On Saturday, as part of herbs, we prepped most of a 2 pound box of strawberries. The best got eaten. The least ripe went into a strawberry pickle and the most ripe and bits went into a sugar preserve and the 5 left over got frozen for breakfast. Now, we don’t have a clue how period these methods are… at least for strawberries. All the strawberries were cleaned, sliced and packed at the same time, then the pickling brine got done and added.

So, first the sugar preserve… the method is from Townsends. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNTpZkiiqUs

Take your container (1 pt canning jar) and put a layer of sugar on the bottom.
Make a layer of strawberry slices and pieces.
Cover with sugar.
Tap down by tapping the jar on the table and add more only if necessary.
Alternate until the jar is full, ending with a layer of sugar.
Keep in the fridge until the sugar has turned into syrup and the strawberries are partially dehydrated, then eat. About a month for them to “finish”.

Steven Angelo – Interestingly, your post mentioning rose sugar made me research it to see if it was exactly what it seemed to be (it is); and in doing so, I came across this article that cites a 1594 recipe for such.
So at least 16th century if not quite “period”.
“ The following is a recipe from Delights for Ladies by Sir Hugh Platt, published in 1594:
Dip a rose that is neither in the bud, nor over-blowne, in a sirup, consisting of sugar, double refined, and Rose-water boiled to his full height, then open the leaves one by one with a fine smooth bodkin either of bone or wood; and presently if it be a hot sunny day, and whilest the sunne is in some good height, lay them on papers in the sunne, or else dry them with some gentle heat in a close roome, heating the room before you set them in, or in an oven upon papers, in pewter dishes, and then put them up in glasses; and keepe them in dry cupboards neere the fire. You may prove this preserving with sugar-candy instead of sugar if you please.”
See the full post: https://toriavey.com/…/the-old-fashioned-way-sugared…/

Daniel Myers – To preserve all kind of fruits that they shall not break in the preserving. Take a Platter that is plaine in the bottom and lay Sugar in the bottom, then Cheries or any other fruit, and so between every row you lay, throw sugar and set it upon a pots head, and cover it with a dish, and so let it boyle. [A Book of Cookrye (England, 1591)]
MaryAnne Anja Bues Bartlett These don’t need to be boiled… is it possible that the “boyle” above means to ferment?
Daniel Myers I don’t think so. The language around recipes was pretty stable by then.

Ea Fleming Petits Propos Culinaires (PPC) #20, “Rose Sugar and Other Medieval Sweets” by Joop Witteveen, has two definitely period methods of making rose sugar (“suker rosaet). Layers are not specified, but, looking at Steven Angelo link, those roses don’t appear to be layered either. The “Naturen Bloeme” recipe, between 1265 and 1270, says: “Rose sugar (suker rosaet) is made in the following way: rose petals that have been rubbed fine with sugar are put in a glass jar and left in the sun for 30 days; the contents must be stirred daily; the jar must be well sealed and it will remain good for three years.” (Eelco Verwijs, Jacob van Maerlant’s Naturen Bloeme.”
Witteveen also cites a 1600 Dutch recipe: “Take as many red roses as you wish and rub them very fine, adding three times as much sugar. Mix this well and set it well sealed in the sun. Mix it now and then with a spatula.” (Carolus Battus, Secreet-Boeck van veele diversche en heerlicke Consten in veelderleye Materiën.”
Those two seem to say the same thing so that looks like at least 400 years in The Netherlands of making rose sugar.

Miscellaneous pix

‎Dina Maria‎ to Medieval Jollity – THE FAT DOOR – The monks of the Santa Maria de Alcobaça Monastery, 88 kilometers from Coimbra, Portugal, underwent a foolproof treatment against obesity in the Middle Ages. To this day it has not been surpassed by any diet. The monks eating in the refectory were forced to fetch their own food from the kitchen next door. No one could serve them. The problem was that they had to go through a door. And? The door is 2 meters high and only 32 centimeters wide. Anyone who could not get past her would be without food and obviously would lose weight fast. The superiors of the monks resorted to the fat-trapping door because gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins and obesity made them less apt to do manual labor. The religious belonged to the extinct Order of Cister, whose followers worked as farmers and produced everything they consumed. In 1834 they were forced to leave the monastery by the government decree that suppressed the religious orders of Portugal. Today, the Alcobaça Monastery, considered one of the seven wonders of Portugal, functions as a museum. One of its attractions is precisely the fat-catching port. PHOTO: The fat-trapping door, nowadays just a tourist attraction.

There’s a pretzel on that table! Christa Schwab – “There are pictures from the 12. c. and my guess is, they are even older. Here is one from the Gumbertusbibel (Last quarter of the 12th c.)”

Music – Michael Praetorius – Dances from Terspsichore (1612)

Links

Messages from the Otherworld: The Roles of the Dead in Medieval Iceland – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/messages-from-the-otherworld-the-roles-of-the-dead-in-medieval-iceland/
How beer came to medieval England – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/how-beer-came-to-medieval-england/
Human Trafficking 1000 years ago – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/human-trafficking-1000-years-ago/
The Bayeux Tapestry was made for Bayeux Cathedral, study finds – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/the-bayeux-tapestry-was-made-for-bayeux-cathedral-study-finds/
Henry VIII’s marital troubles may have influenced other splits, newly-discovered documents show – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/henry-viiis-marital-troubles-may-have-influenced-other-splits-newly-discovered-documents-show/
Archaeologists discover 500 year-old burials at the Tower of London – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/archaeologists-discover-500-year-old-burials-at-the-tower-of-london/
Scientists discover secrets of medieval beers – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/scientists-discover-secrets-of-medieval-beers/
The Papacy, Inquisition and Saint Guinefort the Holy Greyhound – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/the-papacy-inquisition-and-saint-guinefort-the-holy-greyhound/ – http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/81816/8/REVISED%20REVISED%20ARTICLE%20Saint%20Guinefort.pdf
How to Cure a Werewolf, 6th century – https://askthepast.net/how-to-cure-werewolf-6th-century/
Kinda seasonal – Goat story – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tde9oJWYaX8&t=805s&fbclid=IwAR0ookOIYBiyUyABGGztnZO8KstK7dCx9lFbBOIQOhzCNJredhdZDIxyKTo
Henry V – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-henry-v-englands-warrior-king-180973432/
Zámek Blatná – http://www.tresbohemes.com/2018/01/bohemian-fariytale-castle-surrounded-lake/
Orlik Castle – http://www.tresbohemes.com/2017/08/the-historic-orlik-castle-and-its-connection-to-the-battle-of-leipzig/?fbclid=IwAR3yHEL7UhUgg9KG8huvSHN0_5VeOjFwUFxFPXORGKxcbnTZW6ZRdbh0fSw

Funnies

Spydere man, spydere man Doth al things a spydere kan. Sondry webbes he kan weaven, Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen, Lo anon comth spydere man. [Chaucer Doth Tweet on Twitter]

Estella, Anja, Loren, Sasha, Loryea, Herb Bunch (2), Amy (v)

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

ASXLVII = 24
ASXLVIII = 88
ASXLIX = 794
ASL = 2138
ASLI = 731
ASLII = 304
ASLIII – 146
ASLIV – 165+1=166 plus 2 puppets, 20 powder fort packets, 3 snip sheathe w/snips, 9 tiny bobs, 1 emery, lucet cords, 1 bamboo needlecase, 1 bone needle, 25 pouches for block-printing, 1 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 18 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124)

Total as a Household = 3995 handed off

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November 4, 2019 0

Activities through 10-27-19 Collegium

Projects where we’re collecting materials and some that are in process still were pretty much what we did this week. We’re starting to gear up for the winter when we have much more time for projects of various sorts.

Louisa went to Collegium, but we haven’t

Louisa and Giata at Collegium. Is that a Charles de Bourbon bycocket that Giata has? Photo by Giata Maria Albierti

heard anything back, except for one photo.

We got our care packages out and think we may have a final version on the girdle cakes.

We’ll be reporting on the crockpot temperature project this next week. Anja is hoping to be able to do some of her cheeses that need long holding at a specific temp in one of the crockpots rather than having one fail rather spectacularly as the tvarog did this week.

Care Packages l-r – Pork and Spaetzel, strawberries, stew, pickles

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 Potluck – 11/17, 12/15, 1/19/20
Winter Feast Date is 2/16/20, Date may change! Theme German Renaissance

Early Week – After the potluck we boxed up and froze some two-serving boxes of the stew from Sunday for future vegetarian needs. A couple of small pieces of beef were added to the stew, and cooked and that was boxed up on Monday.

We also made use of a couple of things that Anja purchased quite some while ago to filter the last of the two liqueurs that were made before Egil’s. We’re *definitely* going to make these two again, along with the mint, the coffee, the rose and the cherry liqueurs that we’ve already done in the past, but the filters really proved their worth. We were too tired to think to get pix of the bottles before we drained them or the filters in use, but they caught every last fleck of the dregs. These were intended for coffee filters, but they fit one of our funnels perfectly, and are heavy-weight enough to not fold over and let things slide past.

Cookery – On Wednesday 4 care packages were set up and Susanne picked hers up that day,

Care Packages l-r – Pork and Spaetzel, strawberries, stew, pickles

along with her potato ricer with *great* thanks! The difference that made in doing the spaetzle was amazing. The care packages each had: a nukable container of spaetzle and pork roast with onions, a jar of veg and beef stew, a small box of mixed bean pickles, another with a pickled egg and onions, and a tiny one of sugar-preserved strawberries. Sasha and Estella got theirs on Friday, but we never did hear back from James…

That same evening we got the last of the feast dishes sorted out and put away.

For supper that night we had a trial run of girdle cakes made with chickpea and oat flour. I think I like *all* of these variations, actually. I ended up using some of the over-the-top garlic butter for frying. *That* was delicious! We had those with leftovers from the potluck.

Starting girdle cakes – bot left is flours, top left white capped jar is tvarog

Batter on right, melting butter in center, finished cake at left

Frying one cake – the line of bubbles is the edge of the cake.

Finished – black freckles are garlic from the garlic butter

Wednesday night we set up another tvarog and tried cooking it on Thursday. For some reason it didn’t work, but we were on the new hotplate and it went up to boiling in 10 minutes! <sigh> Guessing that’s the problem. So that turned into a cream soup and the thicker part into a dill gravy, but we’ll have to do another batch for cheese.

…and then Anja had a thought…. crockpots…. what temps do they hold? So, with just water, she started testing.

Pears were purchased on Friday…. liqueur in the making….

Sewing – During the week it was all the same two pieces. No one was in on Saturday but some mundanes.

Sundials, etc. – Loren had been sanding wooden rounds for a rune set over the last week or so. He cut some more so’s to have at least 25. Pix got taken of the coins that we’ve had come in.

Repro Coins by JAmes Coffman – Italy, 1378 to 1407 – Big one is the Grosso of 5 Soldi, the Middle one is the Quarteroli, the little guy is the Piccolini.

Front Side of SCA 50 Year Commemorative Real

Back Side of SCA 50 Year Commemorative Real

Herb Bunch – During the week some vegetable ends got planted and then a few more on Sunday. That is one interesting tomato! The plant is from one of the volunteers that we were gifted back in the late spring.

Not yet ripe. This is an interesting tomato!

Planted veg ends for re-growing in with a going-to-seed carrot (seeds will be saved)

This week was supposed to have been dip candles. That didn’t work because we really didn’t have quite enough wax, although we will for container candles with infused wax that we’re doing next week. Instead we ended up doing thread waxers from some wax that’s been aging for about two years.

Small – shell, heart, flower, sea urchin

Also the succulent pieces that were set aside to callus are already sprouting rootlets!

Project Day – On Saturday Loryea brought us some cabbages for making more sauerkraut. We had started the soup Saturday night, so cookery was a big part of the day.

At 1pm a class by Milan M Nelsonhttps://www.facebook.com/events/399028031027710/

His website with the notes – http://samiitiger.com/sca/trans-101-for-the-sca/?fbclid=IwAR1966Y-RoXw4QDJuIdhUgrmnMpvsme9btvtrgc0dwH1hGarfgQYCyx6DB0

Recipes

Girdle Cakes [Anja’s version 10/19] adapted from https://www.dublininquirer.com/2019/03/06/how-to-cook-medieval-legume-girdle-breads

Ingredients

1 cup. wheat, barley or oat flour
1 cup pea, bean or garbanzo flour)
1 1/2 tsp. salt
3 eggs
1 1/8 cups water
Unsalted butter
2 Tbsp of caraway seed, mustard seed or other flavoring. (opt)

Method

Whisk the flours together, then mix in the salt.
Add water and eggs and whisk together, making sure to get the dry stuff from the bottom of the bowl. Add the optional seasoning, if desired.
Mix thoroughly.
Let stand at room temp for an ½ hour to an hour.
Heat butter in a non-stick frying pan over a moderate heat.
Spoon into bubbling butter. (Use a ladle that holds about an ½ cup to get a good consistent size)
Cook on one side until golden, approximately 5 minutes, then turn over and repeat.
Repeat, until all the blend has been used.

Note – The original of this recipe with the amounts suggested above supposedly made a dough. No, it made a *batter*, so these instructions reflect that.

Miscellaneous pix

A simple shoe pictorial. Without the bow these are suitable for SCA wear

From the BBC Antiques Roadshow – a “Tudor” Child’s dress, probably a costume, sized for a 3-year-old, but make in the Victorian era

Ships knots from Osebergdronningens Grav pg 146 – from the bucket which had sail bits and rope junk in it in the grave. – Osebergdronningens grav: Vår arkeologiske nasjonalskatt i nytt lys (Norwegian Edition) – 1992 Publisher: Schibsted (1992) Language: Norwegian ISBN-10: 8251614236 ISBN-13: 978-8251614238

CIRCLE OF GEORGE GOWER PORTRAIT OF A LADY HALF-LENGTH IN AN ELABORATE DRESS AND COLLAR135n10132-9pq3p-a

Morning in camp – Baška Matušová‎ – Vrienden van de Slag om Grolle – Friends of de Slag om Grolle

Music

Links

Renaissance Nun’s ‘Last Supper’ Painting Makes Public Debut After 450 Years in Hiding – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/renaissance-nuns-last-supper-scene-goes-view-florence-180973374/
The Mystery of the Tronoy Needles – http://www.elizabethancostume.net/blog/the-mystery-of-the-tronoy-needles/
Blackwork Embroidery Patterns from 16th Century Italian Sampler – https://tudorblackwork.blogspot.com/2019/10/blackwork-embroidery-patterns-from-16th.html?fbclid=IwAR1PeZEGq68svoU4gWjzL1RuFoOFCeX8KYYcAXJcIE0M703-wXEIWXSUAn4
Cache of 450 Bronze Age Weapons, Bracelets, Tools Is London’s Largest Yet – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/londons-largest-hoard-bronze-age-objects-go-display-180973394/
See the World’s Oldest Pearl, Soon to Go on View for the First Time – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-oldest-pearl-goes-display-abu-dhabi-180973390/
HISTORY AND SCIENCE OF KNOTS SERIES ON KNOTS AND EVERYTHING Editor-in-charge: Louis H. Kauffman Published: Vol. 1: Author: editors | J.C. Turner | P. van de Griend. – https://epdf.pub/queue/history-and-science-of-knots.html

Funnies

Loren, Anja, Susanne, Estella, Sasha, Loryea, Herb Bunch (2)

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

ASXLVII = 24
ASXLVIII = 88
ASXLIX = 794
ASL = 2138
ASLI = 731
ASLII = 304
ASLIII – 146
ASLIV – 165 plus 2 puppets, 20 powder fort packets, 3 snip sheathe w/snips, 9 tiny bobs, 1 emery, lucet cords, 1 bamboo needlecase, 1 bone needle, 25 pouches for block-printing, 1 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 18 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124)

Total as a Household = 3994 handed off

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Last updated 10/28/19

October 29, 2019 0

Activities through 10-20-19 Potluck

Oh, dear, this is *awfully* late! Write it down to your scribe being ill both Sunday and Monday and going splat…. We got some bits done during the week . We’re starting a new topic in Herbs, which is making candles. This week was emergency candles. The potluck went, but not as well as usual. Still having timing issues on the roasts, and our recent batch of sauerkraut didn’t work right.

All meetings are on time this week and we’ll be starting dip candles in Herbs. Care packages need to go out to the folks who missed the potluck, too.

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 Potluck – 10/20, 11/17, 12/15, 1/19/20
Winter Feast Date is 2/16/20, Date may change! Theme German Renaissance

Early Week – No pix from the early part of the week, since it was all clean-up from the weekend. We set up to do cookies at Sasha’s on Tuesday and then ran out of time to do them, so that’ll happen another day.

Cookery – We kept trying all week to get the time to do a cheese, but it kept having to get put off, mostly in favor of clean-up. Saturday morning a roast was set to thaw and that night we first got a root vegetable stew going and then set up garlic butter and celery and carrot sticks. Everything else was on Sunday.

Feast foods in process: stew to the right, apple/ginger to the left, peelings in the middle

Sewing – Not much this week. The weather change is screwing with arthritis and we’re still resting up from last weekend. Saturday afternoon sewing went away due to customers, so Anja worked on some small projects in the evening.

Sundials, etc. – Not much this week. The weather change is screwing with arthritis and we’re still resting up from last weekend. A wand got sanded, partway. (That’s rowan wood.) A couple of bowls got pulled and and more pieces found that needed wood butter.

Loren spends most of his free time sanding pieces for rune sets.

Some harvested herbs, clkws from top left – Sorrel, Lettuces, chives, thyme, raspberries

Herb Bunch – Some watering happened and a little harvest, mostly thyme, during the week. Anja found some other plants, hiding in back, that also need some tending.

In the Saturday workshop we talked about the Simpling class. After a bit we moved in back and started in on candles. This week’s topic was emergency candle kits and while we were making them we talked about wicks, about recycling wax, about dipping candles and also infused waxes.

Emergency candles in progress, wick and first two layers, we used partly-burned candles for the wicks

Finished candle, several layers of wax, small lighter added

Project Day – Started with getting the garlic butter into serving containers. One went into the freezer. The stew got stirred and the forgotten leek tops got stirred in.

At 1pm we started the pork roast and then Anja got some recipes laminated. That’s been waiting until we had a little more room.

Loren got a bread loaf started by 3pm while Anja was processing some pictures. The spaetzle batter, that needs to rest for 30 minutes, got done.

There seemed to be a break in the rain, so Anja took the veg ends from the leeks and parsnips out and planted them in one of the buckets. There were a couple of tomatoes and a strawberry to harvest, too.

The spaetzle was rested, so next up was that process. Amy came in while that was cooking. It took 1/2 an hour for that batch and then another 20 minutes to fry some of it.

Ingedients for spaetzel – BTW, that’s the roast behind

Potluck – Amy and Loryea, Loren and Anja were the ones at the potluck. The House Silvermist people had car trouble and had to turn back. 😦

Cheese plate on left (cheddar, monterey jack, blue cheese, machango), pickles, celery/carrot sticks, olives, membrillo, garlic butter, tvarog on right.

Nibbles while waiting. The bread ran a bit late and the roast even later, but that’s why we have the nibbles to start with. People overate on those, though. The cheeses were delicious and the membrillo mostly went away….

When the bread was ready we brought that out and the tripot that had the stew & spaetzel, but we were still waiting on the roast. Loryea brought a dish of celery root cooked with honey/mustard.

The stew had a bit much of the caraway, but the cooking later moderated that. The spaetzle was great but we *have* to cut down the size of the recipe. We have at least 14 more servings!

The bread was good, as usual, but the garlic butter had gotten too much of the raw garlic, so that’s going to have to be used on garlic bread. The tvarog was pronounced “interesting” by Loryea, who hasn’t had it before.

The Sauerkraut “went”. <sigh> This is the one that bubbled out a lot of the liquid, so we added more.

It apparently did more of that in the fridge when we weren’t looking, being only 2/3 full and it *had* been full when it went in. (Uh-oh, right there) When it was opened, the “cap leaf” was moldy… and yeah, that had penetrated the dry stuff below it and the liquid was cloudy. We put samples onto dishes to sniff… no, it was not edible. Loryea is going to pick up a couple of cabbages so we can try again.

Afterward we are usually stuffed, so the afters were light. Loryea hadn’t heard the comfits research before, either. She and Amy both loved the strawberries and enjoyed the ginger/apple compote. Amy had brought a pie, but no one had room!

The roast was finally up to temp about 15 minutes after Amy headed home….

We quit around 9.

Potluck Menu

Starters

Bread
Garlic Butter
Tvarog
Cheese plate – Blue, Machengo, Cheddar, Monterey Jack
Membrillo
Red, Black, White and Garbanzo bean pickles
Pickled veg
Pickled Eggs
Pickled Beets
Black olives
Green olives

Main

Pork Roast
Sauerkraut
Spaetzle
Root veg stew

Afters

Comfits
Stewed apple with ginger
Sugar-preserved strawberries

Miscellaneous Pix

A simple shoe pictorial. Without the bow these are suitable for SCA wear

Music – A Heather Alexander classic! Music begins at 1.00

The predecessor to this song dates to 1595, but this is a “traditional” ballad/shanty – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_of_High_Barbaree

High Barbary

Look ahead, look astern, look the weather and the lee,
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
I see a wreck to windward and a lofty ship to lee
A-sailin’ down along the coast of High Barbary

“Are you a privateer, or a man-of-war cried we?”
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
“I am a lusty pirate ship come lookin’ for my fee!”
A-sailin’ down along the coast of High Barbary

For broadside, for broadside, we fought along the main,
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
Until at last the frigate shot the pirate’s mast away
A-sailin’ down along the coast of High Barbary

With cutlass and gun, O, we fought for hours three;
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
The ship is was their coffin and their grave it was the sea
A-sailin’ down along the coast of High Barbary

“For quarter, for quarter”, the saucy pirates cried
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
But the quarter that we showed them was to sink them in the tide
A-sailin’ down along the coast of High Barbary

But O! ‘Twas a cruel sight, and grieved us, full sore,
Blow high, blow low, and so sailed we
To see them all a drownin’ as they tried to swim to shore
A-sailin’ down along the coast of High Barbary

Heather Alexander version – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPaOU18Xtys&fbclid=IwAR0pKbDcLqRygn3fzgRoLOUd_–PFK2mUttZ7_ja2WfAww4BxEd9_ludUOw

Links

Elizabeth I’s dress from the Rainbow Portrait is recreated – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAKa53evBSM&fbclid=IwAR0kQwmNdOTjZx9gY8tWgvuC_3S6v-jd_XKNMut9dbQfEtTbOOiLZ5dOZD0&app=desktop
Manuscript Palaeoproteomics: Discovering the field of biocodicology – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/manuscript-palaeoproteomics-discovering-the-field-of-biocodicology/
Why some greens turn brown in historical paintings – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/why-some-greens-turn-brown-in-historical-paintings/
Warriors and women: The Sex Ratio of Norse Migrants to Eastern England Up To 900 AD – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/warriors-and-women-the-sex-ratio-of-norse-migrants-to-eastern-england-up-to-900-ad/
Windows on a medieval world: medieval piety as reflected in the lapidary literature of the Middle Ages – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/windows-on-a-medieval-world-medieval-piety-as-reflected-in-the-lapidary-literature-of-the-middle-ages-2/
Measuring in the Middle Ages with Emanuele Lugli – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/measuring-in-the-middle-ages-with-emanuele-lugli/
The Pearl Manuscript – https://www.medievalists.net/2019/10/medieval-manuscripts-the-pearl-manuscript/ – https://www.facsimilefinder.com/facsimiles/pearl-manuscript-facsimile
Top 10 Most Famous Swords of the Middle Ages – https://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/top-10-famous-swords-middle-ages/
Having a meal – En bonne compagnie – Schöne früschtück! – – https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=550231015794285
What a Warrior’s Lost Toolkit Says About the Oldest Known Battle in Europe – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-warriors-lost-toolkit-says-about-oldest-known-battle-europe-180973353/
Why has there only been one King John? – https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Why-Only-One-King-John/

Funnies

Anja, Loren, Sasha (v), Amor (v), Amy, Lorea

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

ASXLVII = 24
ASXLVIII = 88
ASXLIX = 794
ASL = 2138
ASLI = 731
ASLII = 304
ASLIII – 146
ASLIV – 165 plus 2 puppets, 20 powder fort packets, 3 snip sheathe w/snips, 9 tiny bobs, 1 emery, lucet cords, 1 bamboo needlecase, 1 bone needle, 25 pouches for block-printing, 1 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 19 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124)

Total as a Household = 3994 handed off

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October 23, 2019 0

Activities through 10-13-19

There’s very little from this week. Anja and Loren had a mundane event at their shop that ate the week, what with cleaning and then the event on Saturday and Sunday. The good part of that was Anja managed to do a trial run on a class on Simpling and Herbwifery during the weekend.

…and your scribe didn’t realize until just now (Monday morning) that not a single photo has happened all week. Obviously, this week didn’t happen!

This week should be more normal, although cleaning up is going to eat some of the time. I’m hoping to get my puppet cut out, so I can start the clothing.

Potluck on Sunday! Whatcha bringin’? 🙂

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 Potluck – 10/20, 11/17, 12/15, 1/19/20
Winter Feast Date is 2/16/20, Date may change! Theme German Renaissance

Early Week – Some re-discovered feast gear got washed at Sasha’s and put away with the regular feast gear. We may finally have gotten everything from the last feast done. 🙂

Cookery – Pickles happened Thursday evening and pickled eggs on Friday. The cheese that we planned didn’t.

Sewing – Embroidery went on all week. The auctioned collar and cuffs set is started and causing much cussing.

Herb Bunch – The last of the plants that were to be worked on, some repotted, some just trimmed, got done and the various plants moved. The “callusing” plants got tucked into a shady spot.

Saturday’s workshop time got taken up by a class on “Simpling and Herbwifery”. It went pretty well, with three students. Anja is signing up to do it again at 12th Night, with more references in the handout.

Project Day – Got “eaten” by the event….

Miscellaneous pix

Music

Links

Pictish carved beasts ‘unlike anything found before’ – https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-50040798
The Bohemian Fariytale Castle Surrounded by a Lake – http://www.tresbohemes.com/2018/01/bohemian-fariytale-castle-surrounded-lake/
500 Years Later, MIT Proves That Da Vinci’s Bridge Design Works – https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a29426711/da-vinci-bridge/
Artisans, the SCA, Regalia, and RFP’s – http://www.livingstonjewelers.com/blog_rfp.html
Staffordshire Hoard secrets revealed in landmark publication – https://www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/staffordshire-hoard-secrets-revealed-in-landmark-publication

Funnies

Alan Roberts, posted on Facebook 10/9/19 (used with permission)

I got text messages from a friend taking classes in medieval studies. Said person is supposed to defend King Henry II in the charge of murdering Thomas á Becket. I said that I wasn’t doing anyone’s homework assignment, but even without reading your textbook, it would be easy. I could do it in my sleep.

“May it please the court. I am special counsel to his Majesty. I am Count Rudolf of Giuliani.

1) he never said that. I’ve read “turbulent” priest, “troublesome” or “meddlesome.” Which is it, eh? Lying chroniclers!

2) if he said that, surely ’twas in jest. When he says “What miserable drones and traitors have I nurtured and promoted in my household who let their lord be treated with such shameful contempt by a low-born clerk!” It was a jape!

3) who is this “whistleblower” anyway? Let him come forth and pluck this gold coin from the bottom of this pot of heated oil. If God favors his charges, he shall heal quickly.

4) by what right does this court try God’s ordained king? You have no jurisdiction [King Charles I tried this defense. Spoiler: it didn’t work.]

5) we will not allow the king’s ministers to be sorely vexed by this… this STAR CHAMBER!

6) even if he said that (and he didn’t) it is in his power to do thus, by devine right.

7) if His Majesty wanted Becket dead, he would have signed a death warrant. Which he didn’t.

8) the knights were only supposed to ARREST Becket, and things got out of hand. (The so-called Khashoggi defense). No mens rea.

9) WHAT ABOUT QUEEN MAUDE’S EMAILS?”

Sasha, Loren, Anja, Susanne, Amy

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

ASXLVII = 24
ASXLVIII = 88
ASXLIX = 794
ASL = 2138
ASLI = 731
ASLII = 304
ASLIII – 146
ASLIV – 165 plus 2 puppets, 20 powder fort packets, 3 snip sheathe w/snips, 9 tiny bobs, 1 emery, lucet cords, 1 bamboo needlecase, 1 bone needle, 25 pouches for block-printing, 1 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 18 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124)

Total as a Household = 3994 handed off

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Activities through 10-6-19

Anja and Loren were supposed to go Rock-hounding in Eastern Oregon this weekend. <sigh> Didn’t happen, so the newsletter is coming out on time.

Otherwise, this past week was mostly plants. The people who came in for Herb Bunch and Sewing are all “‘danes”. …but the plants are moved.

This week’s Saturday and Sunday activities are being disrupted by an event at Anja and Loren’s mundane business.

During the regular Herb Workshop time, Anja is teaching a class on Simpling.
No Sewing Workshop this week.
Project Day will get taken over by an embroidery class.

This week’s activities

Glass shelves

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 11am-1pm, being replaced this week with a class on Simpling.
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm (not this week)
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, Noon to 6pm (not this week)
Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group. (Probably not this week…)
Yelllow cherry tomato

Next Potluck – 10/20, 11/17, 12/15, 1/19/20
Winter Feast Date is 2/16/20, Date may change! Theme German Renaissance

Early Week – We continued with the plants. It wasn’t until Tuesday that Anja got most of the sorting done, but plants continued their journey during most of the week.

Amy brought in another packet of lucet cords.

James got us a review of his “care package”. – “I’m gonna tell you now, the onion pie quiche was a nine out of ten (the crust got soggy due to refrigeration sadly) and now I need to try at least three fresh and I think I can get Josh to at least try it despite its strange appearance (or it will be to him). The cabbage and ham pottage was good, I liked it, but I don’t think Josh would eat it, sadly. He’s picky with his greens oftentimes. The swimming sausage was pretty good, a little strong in tastes I haven’t had in combination before, but overall pleasant. The pickled beans were very good, I appreciated the choice of pickling spices and actually ate them as a snack while watching a television show. They make very good finger food. The scalded milk cheese is the only thing I didn’t enjoy overall, but can still eat. The spices are little too heavy against the cheese’s taste, but it’s still decent on toasted bread (potato bread in my case, likely not very period).”

Cookery – A tvarog got worked on as trip food and a guest gift. Ditto some pickled eggs and bean pickles.

On Wednesday, Anja and Loren spent the afternoon and evening at Sasha’s and we baked seed cakes. The recipe isn’t completely period, since it’s based on one from 1640 or so, but it’s very close. We also subbed vanilla extracted in rum for the sherry and the rosewater, since we had neither, but they turned out with a nice, soft internal texture and a slightly crisp, more cookie-like than cake-like crust. You can see the “crumb” in this pic. We used a silicon cupcake pan and a shallower muffin-top pan. The muffins turned out fine, but not “cake-ish” enough. The ones in the biscuit pan were overfilled, but were the perfect depth. We made 12, but because of the “overfill” we’re guessing that the double recipe will make 16-18 instead of 12. Recipe below.

Sewing – 1st Tuesday evening in Waldport is Fiber Arts night at the library. Anja went this month and showed off the sewing kit, then worked on tissue covers, which continued during the week, as did the beading on the snip sheath. On Saturday she finally got the pattern for the custom cuff and collarband pattern set sorted out and it got approved overnight, so that got started in Project Day.

The beading with the box that Floreiach gave me tea in.

Prepped fabric. Cuff rolls to the outside, collarband between

Sundials, etc. – Sanding a wooden bowl this week. …and wandering Anja’s plants around… 🙂

Herb Bunch – During the week various plants got tended and some harvest happened. We finally got potting soil down towards the end of the week, so the re-potting started on Thursday, with plant going to the glass shelves as soon as they were done. In the first hour of the Herbs Workshop time we busily potted starts and cleaned old pots. There’s a whole pan of used dirt that needs to be dried out and then microwaved before re-use. There were still some plants to move after we were done, some bits that need to “callus” before planting, but we even started on the plants in the window that haven’t been touched for a year or more. We spent that last part of class talking about the seedcakes, rising agents and how flours used to be bolted and graded… Yeah, that’s all herb-wifery…

Saturday evening one more set of plants that were overgrown in one pot got separated and re-potted, and on Sunday that last that were going to get moved, got moved.

Seeds saved into the bucket. (These are orange flowers)

Lettuce is getting going again, after trimming the “bolts” last week.

Hen and Chicks. Next pic is what they looked like 3 months ago!

Two small pouches that floated to the surface.

Project Day – With a pattern approved for the next big embroidery project, fabric needed to be prepped and cut, the pattern printed out and then started. It’s a fun pattern, created from the arms of the recipient combined with Bassee borders. The tissue holder project got set up to sit again for a bit and to be the “travel” bit of work.

Loren shifted more plants on Sunday, did some cleaning to help get the potting soil mess gone, then sat with more sanding. He had glued the bowl earlier (it had come apart along a previous glue line) so it was ready for more work.

Where did these pouches come from?

Recipes

Seed Cake (English, 1640) – Anja’s recipe, edited from https://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2019/03/12/seed-cake-recipe-thomas-tusser/?fbclid=IwAR279hBfaLilyd1kwy9gWsHmvfdderd6Y9C6dN2McLG3SDwDl6V7cx-S6uY

INGREDIENTS

2 cup flour
1/4 cup plus 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon mace
2 stick butter, room temperature
1 Tbsp vanilla (extracted in rum)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
4 egg whites (yolks can be saved for something else)
2 Tbsp vanilla (extracted in rum)

PREPARATION

Preheat your oven to 350°F.
Prepare 3 silicone 6-muffin-top baking molds and place on cookie sheet/s.
In mixer (large bowl), cream butter, vanilla, and sugar.
Add two whole eggs.
One at a time add caraway, mace and salt.
1/2 cup at a time add flour.
Set aside.
Using a mixer (a 2nd large bowl), whip the egg whites until they hold their form.
Fold the cake batter very gently into the whites maintaining the fluffiness of the whites even if it means the batter looks clumpy.
Pour the batter into your prepared molds.
Place it on a baking sheet in the middle of the oven.
Bake for 30-40 minutes until golden and set in the middle.
A cake tester will come out clean when it is completely cooked. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before flipping onto clean cloth. Either serve warm or when completely cool, store air-tight.

NOTE – Serve warm or room temperature with tea, coffee, fresh fruit, or preserves.

Miscellaneous pix

A woman presents herbs to Plato and a centaur. Detail from the Old English Herbarium. London, British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C.iii, f. 19r. © British Library Board. Link below

end of the 13th century France LausanneBibliothèque Cantonale et Universitaire

Grandes Heures of the Duke of Berry f 8 By Pseudo-Jacquemart début XVe siècle

Francesco Apollodoro “Il Porccia”. Portrait of Albertino Bottoni and his nephew. Oil on canvas, 1576. Galerie J. Kugel.

Music – 16th-Century Knives Engraved with Musical Scores Are Now Performed by a Modern Choir – https://mymodernmet.com/renaissance-notation-knives/

Links

Remedies Against the Devil and Dementia – The medical advice in Bald’s Leechbook outlasted the language in which it was written. – https://www.historytoday.com/history-matters/remedies-against-devil-and-dementia
Researchers Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Reconstruct Ancient Games – https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-games-artificial-intelligence
Medieval Meat Pie – Chicken Pie – Medieval Recipe – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zR5MXkOSVs&fbclid=IwAR24A5icvTmsQwQlwDxUYeVr9HIggFkxNNzw-9izsyDGy7St8dCOkxk-Jqg
Confectionery Cloth Of Gold – http://tudorcook.co.uk/blog/confectionery-cloth-of-gold/
Blog on Medieval Herbs – https://www.themedievalmonk.com/blog/herbal-blessings
How to Cure Melancholy, c. 1303 – https://askthepast.blogspot.com/2017/01/how-to-cure-melancholy-c-1303.html
How to Change a Diaper, 1612 – https://askthepast.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-to-change-diaper-1612.html
DECIPHERING THE MEDIEVAL SECRETS OF THE DRAGON PRAYER BOOK – https://news.northeastern.edu/2019/10/03/exploring-dragon-prayer-books-medieval-prayers-and-chants-recited-by-german-nuns/
I Never Promised You a Knot Garden. Oh Wait, I Did. – http://tudorcook.co.uk/blog/i-never-promised-you-a-knot-garden-oh-wait-i-did/
PRAGUE ARCHAEOLOGISTS SHED LIGHT ON MEDIEVAL CITY – https://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/prague-archaeologists-shed-light-on-medieval-city

Funnies

Loren, Anja, Sasha, Amy, James (v)

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

ASXLVII = 24
ASXLVIII = 88
ASXLIX = 794
ASL = 2138
ASLI = 731
ASLII = 304
ASLIII – 146
ASLIV – 165 plus 2 puppets, 20 powder fort packets, 3 snip sheathe w/snips, 9 tiny bobs, 1 emery, lucet cords, 1 bamboo needlecase, 1 bone needle, 25 pouches for block-printing, 1 medium pouch, 4 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 18 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124)

Total as a Household = 3994 handed off

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October 7, 2019 0

Activities through 9-29-19

Next week’s report will be late… Tuesday night, if we’re lucky. Wednesday if not….

Life gets interesting, sometimes, and what takes a *lot* of time, doesn’t show up. That’s this week, all over. We did have the regular meeting times, but not many showed up. Plants and sorting out starts and harvest was the most of the work this week! …but there are lots of links!

This coming week all meetings will happen on time, even though Anja and Loren won’t be there on Sunday, which is why the report will be late.

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 Potluck – 10/20, 11/17, 12/15, 1/19/20
Winter Feast Date is 2/16/20, Date may change! Theme German Renaissance

Early Week – Monday was all clean-up and write day. On Wednesday several pieces of display equipment got picked up from Sabrina for Anja and Loren’s shop, one of which is a set of glass shelves that the Herb Bunch is going to use for indoor plants. We’ll have a spot to put our starts and small plants where they won’t get mixed in with stuff that’s for sale.

Cookery – We were eating up leftovers during the week, as well as taking “care packages” to James and Sasha on Friday.

Snip sheath started last Monday in process of being beaded.

Sewing – The sewing kit is packed up and ready to mail, just waiting on an address…. Very little other sewing happened this week, other than a start on a new snip sheath.

Sundials, etc. – Was sanding heart-shaped, wooden boxes…. These will be partly lined for small sewing kits, with pincushions and some tools added.

Herb Bunch – Workshop time was all prep of the dried harvest and bagging some that was ready. The big push this week was the glass shelves that our keepers, starts and the “mothers” that we’re making starts from will live on. We had to fetch the glass unit, move things that were in the way (including a bunch of plants), build a support, move it in and then start loading it with the plants that will live there. Anja did a lot of tending while this was going on, as plants got shifted around. This week will be re-potting starts and getting the “for sale” ones sorted from the keepers, and then we’ll make more starts!

Herbs going into vinegar

Lettuce that has bolted. Will be chopped fine into soup.

Onions, also going into soup.

Project Day – Went into the glass shelves, mostly, although Loren worked on sanding and Anja embroidery during the day. (pix above) Well, have pix next week of the plant shelves.

Links & News

National Library showcasing rare manuscripts from age of Wenceslas IV
The Czech National Library is displaying six rare historical manuscripts from the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries to mark the 600th anniversary of the death of King Wenceslas IV.
The manuscripts, normally kept in the library vault, will be on display at Prague’s Klementinum on Friday and Saturday only.
Wenceslas IV had amassed a huge collection of books with the aim of establishing a library to rival those of royals in France. But it is thought to have either been stolen or destroyed by Hussites.

A thirteenth-century theory of speech – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/a-thirteenth-century-theory-of-speech/
How to make medieval soap – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/how-to-make-medieval-soap/
Norse arrival on Iceland led to extinction of its walrus population, study finds – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/norse-arrival-on-iceland-led-to-extinction-of-its-walrus-population-study-finds/
Medieval Manuscripts: The Lorsch Gospels – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/medieval-manuscripts-the-lorsch-gospels/
12th century carving of Eleanor of Aquitaine discovered – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/12th-century-carving-of-eleanor-of-aquitaine-discovered/
Medieval Africa spotlighted in new exhibition at the Aga Khan Museum – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/medieval-africa-spotlighted-in-new-exhibition-at-the-aga-khan-museum/
The Shroud of Turin was in the Byzantine Empire before 1204 AD, researchers suggest – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/the-shroud-of-turin-was-in-the-byzantine-empire-before-1204-ad-researchers-suggest/
O Fortuna: The story of the one the great poems (and songs) of the Middle Ages – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/o-fortuna-the-story-of-the-one-the-great-poems-and-songs-of-the-middle-ages/
Early Medieval Art: A Short Guide – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/early-medieval-art/

Funnies

Anja, Loren, Sabrina, Amor (v), Sasha (v), James (v), Herb Bunch (2)

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

ASXLVII = 24
ASXLVIII = 88
ASXLIX = 794
ASL = 2138
ASLI = 731
ASLII = 304
ASLIII – 146
ASLIV – 165 plus 2 puppets, 20 powder fort packets, 3 snip sheathe w/snips, 9 tiny bobs, 1 emery, 1 bamboo needlecase, 1 bone needle, 25 pouches for block-printing, 1 medium pouch, 2 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 18 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124)

Total as a Household = 3994 handed off

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October 1, 2019 0

Activities through 9-22-19 Potluck & Coronet

After the craziness of last week’s demo, this week was all about cleaning up and then cooking for the potluck. We had a good one, although there were only a few of us. Care packages are going out n Wednesday for several people who couldn’t make it.

Estella’s daughter called. She’s going to be a grandma sometime in April! Who-hoo! Congratulations!

This week all meetings are on time

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 Potluck – 10/20, 11/17, 12/15, 1/19/20
Winter Feast Date is 2/22/20, Date has changed! Theme German Renaissance

From the Tanist and Tanista

Dearest Summits,

We, Kenric and Dagmar, are humbled by the love you have shown us. We hope to exceed the expectations you have of us and show what it means to be part of this wonderful principality. We have much love and admiration for all of you and feel incredibly lucky to have such wonderful people in our lives. We have never felt more honored. We will strive to be our best selves and bring honor to this fair principality as it rightly deserves.

This weekend was overwhelming. The list was full of mighty warriors and virtuous consorts. Every person fought with the greatest amount of chivalry. This was the most beautiful tourney, both on and off field, we have see in quite a long time. We were both honored to participate in it.

The excitement, love, and joy in the eyes and voices of the people warmed our hearts and we feel privileged to be part of the Summits. This event was very well done, and we would like to thank all those that made it so wonderful.

Kenric and Dagmar
Tanist and Tanista

On Saturday 21 September Ealdormere Coronation took place. Queen Kaylah became only the second Woman in the SCA to become Queen by Right of Arms. The first time was 27 years ago. Here is the Royal couple, Queen Kaylah the Cheerful and King Trumbrand the Wanderer.

Early Week – Pretty much was all unpacking and sorting out things from last weekend… and laundry… it takes *forever* for some things to dry! Books came in that we’ve been waiting for.

Elizabethan Treasure – Hardwicke Hall Tapestries

Cookery – Some of the pickles and tvarog got tasted during the week, by folks who were interested and stopped by.

On Saturday after the herbs were harvested, chives got chopped and made into chive butter, the fennel blossoms got chopped to add to pork for swimming sausage, and sorrel to go into the supper salad. We also started a crockpot of onions to caramelize for the onion pie.

The rest and pictures are on Sunday….

Sewing – In the process of sorting out projects over the last month, Anja found some pieces that are going into the “immediate” basket, since they’re been waiting for awhile. The sewing kit pouch, got taken apart (it’s got partly sewed inside-out last weekend) re-started and finished on Saturday during the workshop. Also a couple of needle cases and another emery got added to the largesse pile.

Sundials, etc. – Another needle finished on Wednesday.

Herb Bunch – The herb garden has gotten moved around to the front of the shop and all messed up, but at least everything got watered. Anja spend the tail end of the week tending plants. Loren pulled out the pots and plates that weren’t in use and got them put away, and the boards and blocks that we had been using went to storage.

Saturday morning’s workshop was supposed to be on kyphi, but we’re going to have to put that off until we have more materials, so we worked on scented fans. We did rose, sandalwood, patchouli and rosemary and we’re going to set up a couple more later.

Saturday evening we tended the plants that had landed from the door, south. The planter boxes are still really dry. …and we got skeeter-chewed enough to quit with that half. We harvested chives, sorrel, dock, lemon thyme, sweetgrass, angelica and self-heal, plus getting dead leaves, grass, morning glory and other weeds out of the pots. Sunday was too wet, so we’ll finish that next week.

l-r Sorrel, Fern, Lavendar, Fennel and succulents in front

Loren washing the dock root.

Project Day – We started the day with cleaning up so there’d be room to cook! Estella stopped by and we had a good chat for a couple of hours, while she helped Anja “pick string” for using as stuffing for needlecases and snip sheathes. She got to try the sauerkraut before she headed out and liked it. After that Anja did a few remakes on the snip sheathes, having gotten the ties on the wrong end.

Photos were next up while Loren worked on getting ahead of the cooking dishes and once that was done we started cooking.

Potluck – Things kept going later and later. No one showed but Anja and Loren, though, so it wasn’t too big of a problem.

The nibbles tray was on the table for most of the afternoon.

The onion pies were first, since they could be served cold. We shared one of them, warm, and decided it needed a touch more salt (since we hadn’t added the bacon, which will probably fix that…)

Next was the cabbage pottage, pretty much ham, onion, cabbage and caraway. That just took cooking, once everything was hacked up.

Loren set up the sausages. He has a method of mixing that works very well, as well as Anja’s dump-it-in-the-mixer. They got cooked last and were served on small rolls.

Fennel chopped for sausage. Yes, those are blossoms, very tasty!

Potluck Menu

Nibbles

tvarog
bean pickle
mixed veg pickle
pickled eggs
bread
black olives
green olives
chive butter

Main course

swimming sausage
Cabbage with ham & onions
sauerkraut
onion pie
A full plate

Onion pies

More onion pies

The cabbage pottage before it was cooked.

The spices for the sausage

Roll with chive butter.

Afters

comfits
marzipan with ginger

Recipes

Onion pie – Makes 8 in a mini-pie maker

1 1/2 pounds onions
1 1/2 stick butter (1/4 pound)
4 slices bacon
2 prepared pie crust (1 box)
3/4 cups cream
1 tsp. salt
2 egg
1 tsp freshly ground nutmeg
1 tsp. ground caraway
Optional: grated gruyere or parmesan cheese

Method

Slice onions finely. Caramelize in the butter. (I prefer to put them into a crockpot overnight with 1/4 cup water and the butter.) Let cool.
Fry bacon slices until crisp. Drain and set aside to cool, then crumble
Mix cream, egg, salt, nutmeg and caraway.
Use mini pie cutter to make 8 crusts (set aside dough scraps to re-roll)
Prep mini pie maker with 4 crusts.
In each place about 1/2 cup of onions. Gather to center and press down lightly.
Put an 1/8 of the custard mix in each (about an 1/8 cup). Sprinkle with crumbled bacon.
Close lid and cook for 10 minutes.
Raise lid and sprinkle with cheese if desired.
Cook 2 more minutes or until custard is set (and at least 165f), crusts are brown and edges of the filling are turning golden.
Serve hot or cold.

Sausages, swimming

1 pound pork
1/8 cup minced fennel
1 tsp horseradish
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp clove
1/4 tsp mace
1/4 tsp nutmeg
Bottle red wine (use enough to float them in the pan)

Mix all together and form into fingers or patties.
Swim them in the wine in a saucepan and cook until done.
Juice can be thickened with flour for a sauce.

Cabbage pottage

1 large onion
1/2 a small head of cabbage.
About a cup to 1.5 cups of ham chopped fine (I used the “rind” from a ham and ran in through a grinder)
1/2 Tbsp of ground caraway.
Salt, if needed

Method

Slice onion and chop cabbage to a small and fairly uniform size.
Chop ham.
Add just enough water to be visible (not quite covering) and turn to medium until it boils.
Add caraway and stir.
Turn it down to a simmer and cook until fairly soft.
Taste and add salt, if necessary.
You can serve with the liquid, or drain and add a pat of butter.

Miscellaneous pix

Links
The Barnacle Goose – https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/the-curious-history-of-the-goose-barnacle?fbclid=IwAR2d0qwiR1aKW6LtbwS557U-TzQQ8uPZr-tC9c2qkQ-Eg_DHzqWgvbMn3No
Ravioli medieval recipe – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdcNYZSC4w&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2yv7dbswck-86s1mBX84Nf45NgIc6EORpsR3GAjP3T_SUe65h28i0RM8s
Traces found of ‘world’s oldest cheese’ – https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45408848
Our Lady of Czestochowa – http://www.catholictradition.org/Mary/czesto.htm
The British Bake Off That’s Resurrecting a Forgotten Medieval Cake – https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/medieval-bake-off
Soul Cake Technical Challenge – http://community.dur.ac.uk/reed.ne/?page_id=3909&fbclid=IwAR0GczbmaO24p8HVn5m3OqdIu-tU4H47VOEobRMATmgmpBnugbMJIirtdIY
Wooden Chest coller cover – https://sawdustandshavings.home.blog/2019/09/21/wooden-chest-cooler-cover/
Trevelyon Miscellaney – https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11292/view/1/1/
The Czech Duchess Who Murdered Her Mother-In-Law – http://www.tresbohemes.com/2018/12/the-czech-duchess-who-murdered-her-mother-in-law/
Archbishop George Neville Serves a Magnificent Medieval Feast ~ A Guest Post by Lisa Graves – https://thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2016/07/22/archbishop-george-neville-serves-a-magnificent-medieval-feast-a-guest-post-by-lisa-graves/

from ‎Martha Sherwood‎ on Facebook

I can’t comment directly on your House Capuchin posts, but the Trevelyan’s miscellany is interesting because it shows supernova 1572, the first supernova localized in the realm of fixed stars since Arab astronomers tracked SN 1006, as a signal event in history, and links it to the following hard winter. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/…/how-1604-supernova-presen…/ {People in 1606 were concerned about the predictive value of SN 1604. SN 1006 and SN 1054 were not visible in England.

How a 1604 Supernova Presented a Challenge to Astronomers – The supernova provided proof to Galileo, Kepler and others that the heavens were not fixed–although they were wrong about what caused the bright star. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-1604-supernova-presented-challenge-astronomers-180965138/

MaryAnne Anja Bues Bartlett Cool! I’m going to have to copy/paste to put it on the House group, though. Is that ok?

Martha Sherwood Sure.Medieval and early modern people were very attached to the notion of the fixity of fixed stars, and the appearance of a new star was cause for great concern.Meteors were obviously an atmospheric phenomenon and comets behaved roughly like planets. One reason SN 1006 and 1054 were not of as much concern may have been, that although educated people knew the earth was a sphere, you could dismiss a celestial phenomenon as only affecting the people in whose sky it appeared.

Funnies

Gary Walker – September 15 at 7:58 PM

Edward the First is fed up with the Scots not falling in line so he gathers his army and marches North and just as the vanguard of the army reaches the Scots Border, the road rises to pass through a pass and standing in the road is garishly clad Scott, who shouts down to the English Army ” Yer a bunch of pansies!!! Yer no fightin men, yer no match of good Scott fighin man!!! Send yer best, I’ll show ‘im who is strong!!!”

So Edward sends a young knight up to silence the noisy Scott, and the Knight, proud of his errand, lowers his lance, spurrs on his horse and charges up the road.

Just after he disappears from view there is the sound of a great crash, the horse nayying and banging and smashing then……silence.

Again the garishly clad Scott appears and shout down to the English Army ” Is tha’ the best ya gott? If it is, ya best turn around now and go back t’ yer mums!!! ”

Edward glowers at the Scott and send 10 English Knights up the road to put an end to the Scott.

Again, just as they go beyond the rise, there is the sound of bashing and smashing, horses calling and the screams of men then…..silence.

Edward. raises his hand and is about to command the Army forward when again the wild Scott appears and shouts ” They was worst than the rest!!! They no know how t’ fight!!!! Ya got t’ ha’ better than tha’ or ya best go home now!!!

Edward signals his house guard of 100 Knights strong true and battle tested to charge up the hill. Again they crest the hill and all that is heard is naying horse, screams, the crash of battle and then, as the sound of the battle dies down, one knight, his horse limping, the knight, armour smashed, bleeding, arms around the horse’s neck to keep from falling, a bent sword in his hand comes back down the road and calls out to his King

” Go Back Sire!!! Find another road, it is an ambush!!! There is TWO of them!!!!! ”

Loren, Anja, Amor (v), Sasha (v), Gudrun (v)

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

ASXLVII = 24
ASXLVIII = 88
ASXLIX = 794
ASL = 2138
ASLI = 731
ASLII = 304
ASLIII – 146
ASLIV – 165 plus 2 puppets, 20 powder fort packets, 3 snip sheathes, 8 tiny bobs, 1 emery, 1 needlecase, 25 pouches for block-printing, 1 medium pouch, 2 small pouches, 12 bookmarkers, 18 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124)

Total as a Household = 3994 handed off

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Activities through 9-15-19 Shrewsbury demo

*Really* late…. wow…. but it took a lot of writing and pictures below to get the Shrewsbury info in.

For what’s left of the week…. meetings will be on time and Sunday is potluck! Projects will go on until 5pm and we usually eat around 6pm.

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 Potluck – 9/22, 10/20, 11/17, 12/15
Winter Feast Date is 2/16/20, Date may change! Theme German Renaissance

Early Week – More embroidery and bone carving, but we were starting to pull out pieces for the demo. Anja’s been cooking, too. Sasha’s been collecting 4–6 leaf clovers… Gudrun is still having problems with getting into school, thinking to just go online.

Cookery – Bean pickle, pickled eggs and veg pickle all happened Monday evening. On Tuesday a tvarog got started.On Wednesday pickled eggs were separated into smaller jars and all the pickled things were separated. On Thursday, more food packing happened and the next batch of tvarog got finished and put in jars. Nothing was left after that, but to pack it up and then serve it out at the event!

Sewing – The tape measure pouch was finished Tuesday Night.

Almost done, just need the big pouch, now.

Sundials, etc. – The tumbler was pulled and emptied on Monday, then re-started. It turns out that a month *is* enough to round the edges on the beads, but not enough for the rough joints. A bone, needle was finished on Thursday.

Herb Bunch – Watering, harvesting, tending…..

Shrewsbury, Friday – Anja’s take

Friday was the usual frazzle of having the shop open while packing the car. It went pretty smoothly this time except for the things that I hadn’t been able to get sewn, or that Loren couldn’t find in storage.

He went to get gas and we closed as soon as he got back, then stopped at Ray’s for the last things and were on the road at 5:30. It was a nice drive through the last of the day, the sunset and into the quiet dark. When we got onsite (King’s Valley) the Moon was just rising, marvelously full, into a golden haze.

It took most of an hour to get from the gate to the SCA spot. No one seemed to know where we were and the map was absolutely horrible as far as usefulness. We couldn’t even read the names on it under bright light, they were so tiny! First they tried to tell Loren how to find the spot and kept contradicting themselves, then we were supposed to wait for someone who was going to take us over there, who never showed. I curled up in my seat and dozed and finally someone gave Loren directions that made sense, but turned out not to have any connection with reality other than getting us into spitting distance. Loren had to run around asking people where the SCA was, even after I spotted the eric flags. Well, we got there.

Alys met us and helped him unload and Loren headed home. I got some things sorted around and then crawled into my cot in Alys’ tent. I was up several times during the night, watching Cassiopeia and the Moon moving across the sky. I was wakeful around 3am and stayed up for an hour, reading, before falling back asleep.

Alan Robert’s pictures of the site.

Our pavilions, with the eric not yet set up.

Shrewsbury, Saturday – Anja’s take

We were up later than planned, but were busily setting up even while wiping sleep out of our eyes.

Alys got going on getting walls up and Antonia was setting up her painting fairly quickly.

I had gotten my tables arranged, earlier, then got clothes on them and started with the displays. I was pretty well done by the time the “travelers” were coming in, and Crystal helped me get the last pieces hung up.

The Queen’s Procession coming aound the corner of our eric

We were not quite on the path. The eric was on the corner, but our displays were kitty corner to where people were making that turn, since the A&S pavilion faced the eric and the other end of the row was a dayshade that was mostly unoccupied. It meant that the foot traffic was low, since there weren’t a lot of fighters and they were too hot to do a whole lot.

Claire as Sir Henry Herbert. The Queen on the other side and the ladies of the court.

It was the sun that did it. …and not enough breeze. I was pretty overheated most of the day. It wore me out enough that I had to take a nap in the late afternoon, and when I went to get out of my garb in the evening I had to wring out my smock, since it was that wet!

I talked to a lot of people about my displays, particularly to some folks who are probably going to get involved with the SCA and to a bunch of students from the Strive Academy who were also performing scenes from Shakespeare.

Eventually it was evening. The travelers went home and the bottles came out. 🙂 Thanks to Alan I had my liqueurs. The pear was the one more people liked, although the herb one was my fave, since it resembles becherovka.

…and I was just enough of an old bat that I turned in around 10, I think. I was up and down during the night. The wolf howls made me smile, but I put my good ear in the pillow and faded back out quickly. I was up again around dawn, reading for awhile and cooling off, watching the Moon setting into haze.

The Queen, processing (Photo by Alan Roberts)

Strive Academy students (photo by Helen Gaskins)

Shrewsbury, Sunday – Anja’s take

Amy Carpenter – We few… We SOGGY few… We band of mud-hoppers…

<grin> Amy (that’s Alys) had it really right! We woke to steady rain, and it went heavy, then light, then heavy all day. The eric got muddy enough to be dangerous, so it limited the fighting. In the middle of the afternoon it got warm enough to make things a little uncomfortable with the humidity, but mostly it was chilly.

Antonia had fetched my books from Alys’ house on her way back to the site. That’s stock for my mundane shop.

There weren’t as many travelers as on Saturday, there usually aren’t, but the rain really thinned ’em out. We did have some folks talking seriously with us about various crafts, including the fighting.

It was muddy enough that the fighters only spent about 1/2 an hour at it and a couple of them went down, thankfully with no injuries. The horse jousting even got switched out for mud-wrestling, since it was too dangerous for the horses!

…and then we all started sorting things out around 5pm and seriously packing around 6. I think I was pretty well done by 7pm and Loren showed up just as I had dozed off, sitting. He and

Paints and painting display. How did my walker get over there

one of the fighters who had been helping me out during the day off and on, got our stuff packed, while another of the fighters was helping Alys, after they got Antonia packed and headed home. Alys was staying for another night.

It was dark by the time we were heading out and we had a heck of a time finding a way out, since people were parked all over, blocking pathways, but we finally managed. I was tired enough that I

don’t really remember all that much of the drive, although it rained hard a couple of times and the clouds coming over the Coast Range were troublesome, especially with idiots hanging on the back bumper with their high-beams on…. but we got home in one piece and unpacked what was necessary and turned in.

Project Day – No pix, was just Loren working on another needle.

Miscellaneous pix

…and interesting gown with a heart-shaped headdress. We don’t often see them from behind!

Holy Family — Mary, Jesus, and Joseph, from an illuminated manuscript of a Book of Hours, or Devotions, created by an anonymous Dutch artist, around 1440, for Catherine of Cleves)

Education of Mary by Anne, Her Mother, from a 14th-century altar front with scenes of the life of Mary

Saint Anne Teaches the Child Mary to Read, from the breviary of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, 1371-1419, kept in the British Library; note the stylus Mary is using to follow the words in the text

The Cholmondeley Ladies, dated to 1600-1610, by an unknown English painter, The painting is of two young women sitting on a bed and holding, we may assume, their babies wrapped in red christening robes. The painting is named after Thomas Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley), to whose collection this portrait originally belonged. The women may be his daughters or nieces, or sisters who married into the Cholmondeley family.

Music –

Links & News

What was it like to travel during the Middle Ages? Part 1: Going by Road – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/travel-middle-ages-road/
Pennsic, Or What I Did on My Summer Vacation – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/pennsic/
Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest: Or should it be in Barnsdale? –
http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/robin-hood-sherwood-forest-barnsdale/
The Middle Ages and the Modern State – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/the-middle-ages-and-the-modern-state/
Viking Age Hair – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/viking-age-hair/
Unravelling the history of decorative metal threads – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/unravelling-the-history-of-decorative-metal-threads/
The Holy Spirit in Female Form: Medieval Tales of Faith and Heresy – http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/the-holy-spirit-in-female-form-medieval-tales-of-faith-and-heresy/Eat Like an English Peasant With This Medieval Cookbook – https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-did-medieval-peasants-eat?utm_medium=atlas-page&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR2m7toqSVLEkGyDkBBmaytSOZzHKOGgrOMTbAJjYZthWRegSPBODfhovgA
Iron Shepherds – https://www.ironshepherdslivinghistory.co.uk/Week of 9/8/19 – Radio Praha NewsCzech archaeologists discover remains of medieval forestCzech archaeologists have discovered the remains of a medieval forest near the village of Koječín in the region of Havlíčkův Brod in eastern Bohemia.The largely pine tree forest was felled in the mid-13th century to give way to silver mining and the uncovered trunks bear visible marks from saws, axes and burning.According to Petr Hrubý of the Archaeology Institute of Masaryk University in Brno, which carried out the research, very few such discoveries were made in Central Europe.

Archaeologists find unique grave of Roman era warlord in Uherský Brod

A unique grave of a second century warlord has been found in the south-east Moravian town of Uherský Brod. Aside from human remains, the grave’s contents include bronze crockery and a knife. It is the first discovery of this kind from the Roman period in the region, the Czech News Agency reports.

According to the head of the Archaeology Department at the Museum of Moravian Slovakia Tomáš Chrástek the grave was found by chance when, during the construction of a rainwater sewer, a digger operator noticed his bucket had become stuck on something. Archaeologists from the museum then identified the object as a bronze pan from the Roman period.

According to Mr. Chrástek the body belongs to an influential warlord, who possibly ruled over the wider region. The archaeologist notes that the objects with which the skeleton is buried were imports made on the territory of the Roman Empire.

Funnies

Anja, Loren, Amor (V), Sasha (v), Gudrun (v)

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

ASXLVII = 24
ASXLVIII = 88
ASXLIX = 794
ASL = 2138
ASLI = 731
ASLII = 304
ASLIII – 146
ASLIV – 145 plus set of sewing tools for kit, 2 puppets, 20 powder fort packets, 3 snip sheathes, 8 tiny bobs, 25 pouches for block-printing, 1 medium pouch, 8 bookmarkers, 2 in-process kisslock pouches, 18 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124)

Total as a Household = 3974 handed off

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September 18, 2019 0

Activities through 9-8-19

Quiet weeks are to be looked forward to, but only when they’re not the result of the end of tourist season! Things should be getting closer to normal over the next few weeks. We can hope, anyway.

This week’s report is mostly bone carving and embroidery, not even very much cookery, although the sauerkraut went into the fridge.

This coming week is mostly normal until Friday. At that point Anja is heading out for Shrewsbury. Loren will have Project Day on Sunday if anyone shows up. The report is likely to be out on Tuesday, not Monday…. Lots of write-up.

…and yes, Potluck is 9/22….

Herb Bunch – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 11am-1pm (not this week)
Sewing Time – At Ancient Light, Saturdays, 3-5pm (not this week)
Project Day – At Ancient Light, Sundays, Noon to 6pm
The finished bone pieces and container – fid, njalbinden, and regular needle

Cheese and Wine happens irregularly, usually announced with little notice on our Facebook group. (not this week)
Next Potluck – 9/22, 10/20, 11/17, 12/15
Winter Feast Date is 2/16/20, Date may change! Theme German Renaissance

Early Week – Loren stayed hard at work on the bone pieces for the sewing kit that he and Anja are doing.

Cookery – The sauerkraut went into the fridge. A scalded milk cheese happened on Thursday. That will go to Shrewsbury, along with the pickles that we did a couple of weeks ago.

Sewing – Was all about the sewing kit pieces… By Wednesday evening a couple were done, most of the rest had the embroidery done. The snip sheath was finished on Thursday and the tape measure pouch was underway. All of the embroidery was finished by Sunday and several of the pieces are done. Loren got the set of needles and fid finished then, too.

The main pouch after Sewing on Saturday.

An emery that needed to be filled and stitched.

Snips & Sheath

This is the tape measure pouch, lining, back and front

Sundials, etc. – Needles and fids this week again. …plus a trial run on a slice of wood to be treated as the antler was.

Small piece of wood – Test for rune sets.

The finished bone pieces and container – fid, njalbinden, and regular needle

Herb Bunch – More incense. No pictures, most of the stuff was mundane this week.

Project Day – All the pictures are above. It was just Loren and Anja and the projects that have been ongoing.

An Tir Magic Cards

A few pix from Luciano’s knighting

Music – Ancient FM this week! – http://www.ancientfm.com/

Links

WHY DID BUCKINGHAM TURN ON RICHARD III? – http://www.kyrackramer.com/2018/09/04/why-did-buckingham-turn-on-richard-iii/
John Hus – A Brief Overview of the Man – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYpmlIYSf5c&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2SigYY8JTRVsQBvcul3fSDBU0oAKdspDO3Kt1D2bCVnD2k99J0pvh9aOE
Filming in the Hampton Court kitchens with @HistoryBombs – https://twitter.com/HRP_learning/status/1168959352482517006/photo/1?fbclid=IwAR0iidZ1M_wTC9hPIMZ8fr8Xh2QRcnuDaeAWdT1RVrS-tib-n5G3WZZDOGo
Feast foods – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/352266002075916544/feedback/?invite_code=f4028007abf4409fbc2dc6dda1645877&sender_id=503558939493803270
A Swan Supper on the Thames – http://foodhistorjottings.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-swan-supper-on-thames.html
Interesting food pix – http://www.historicfood.com/events.htm

Funnies

Loren, Anja, Sasha (v)

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

ASXLVII = 24
ASXLVIII = 88
ASXLIX = 794
ASL = 2138
ASLI = 731
ASLII = 304
ASLIII – 146
ASLIV – 145 plus set of sewing tools for kit, 2 puppets, 20 powder fort packets, 3 snip sheathes, 8 tiny bobs, 25 pouches for block-printing, 1 medium pouch, 8 bookmarkers, 2 in-process kisslock pouches, 18 unfinished pincushions, 1 sewing kit (except for bone needle), varnished stuff (124)

Total as a Household = 3974 handed off

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September 10, 2019 0

House Capuchin 3

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Estella’s daughter called. She’s going to be a grandma sometime in April! Who-hoo! Congratulations!

Gary Walker – · September 15 at 7:58 PM

Archaeologists find unique grave of Roman era warlord in Uherský Brod

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Gary Walker – September 15 at 7:58 PM