Challenge: Make your own aged cheese and use it in a period dish. Bonus points for keeping the cheese and the recipe from the same country. References: The Book of Senti Sovi: Medieval recipes from Catalonia, edited by Joan Santanach, Translated by Robin Vogelzanf Home Cheese Making by Ricki Carrol Manchego Curado (aged for 3-12…
KASF’s Scribal Challenge 2021
Challenge: create for me your best playing card! Each entrymust be the size of a modern playing card: 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Youmay use traditional scribal tools as well as “non traditional ” such asleather, metal, ceramic, etc. Your choice of subject, time period andmedia. Category: Adult Novice (has never created a scroll for…
The ABCs of Food
I am going to start with the letter A and continue on through the alphabet and talk about the history of that particular food item, could be a vegetable, meat, dish, peron, etc. I am going to try to do one every week, and yes I will start the alphabet over when I get to…
Christmas Past with Eat Medieval
I took another medieval cooking class from Eat Medieval, a research collaboration between Blackfriars Restaurant in Newcastle and Durham University. The subject this time around was a Christmas Feast. The feast is based off of an account from the Bishop of Hereford, Richard de Swinfield, in 1289. Recipes included dishes with venison, goose, and partridge….
Tapestry for Virtual Court
This was painted for the Virtual Royal Court held in Lochmere. The theme was the Navarre Court at the Royal Palace of Olite. Their Majesties hosted the Navarre Court at the Royal Palace of Olite, the final court of Baron Cormacc and Baroness Sarra, and the Investiture of the next Baron and Baroness of Lochmere,…
A Taste of the Past with Eat Medieval
I terribly miss feasting! I miss the planning, the testing of recipes, and most of all the preparing of a feast for our great populace. Nothing can fill that void, however from November 2-6, 2020 I took a cooking class called A Taste of the Past. The class was a collaboration with Eat Medieval and…
Making a Kirtle
I used the pattern from The Tudor Tailor I made tie in sleeves to fo with it.
Growing a Medieval Garden
It’s too late for this growing season, but this is the plan for next year… https://farmtheworld.org/2018/11/28/medieval-potager-garden/?fbclid=IwAR0d0eE39tOwFZMiRUa2wpMdvhTQQFBcc_35-gmTdqloYKqyCsSn9QU_pCE https://wyrtig.com/Resources/Online/DesigningTheMedievalHerbGarden.htm I watched an episode of Vikings and they were building walls made out of branches and such… add that to my Medieval garden planning! Apparently it’s called wattle edging… https://www.trianglegardener.com/making-woven-wattle-edging/ University Class on Medieval Gardening on 12 September…
Night on the Town 2018 – Night on the Rhine
The Feast of the Four Humors This is the first feast I did for our Barony in 2018. I based the feast off of Hildegard von Bingen. Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) was a Benedictine Abbess in 12th century Germany who lived along the Rhine valley. She founded two convents, one at Rupertsberg and the other…
Making Cheese
Bought a kit to make basic cheese eons ago and never had time to try it, well boy do I have time now. So here we go…. Queso Blanco with toasted Herbes de Provence 1 Gallon Whole Milk 2 tsp. Citric Acid 1 tsp. Cheese Salt 1 tsp. Herbes de Provence Add milk to pot…
Katla Flókadóttir's Adventures in the SCA 