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A Meat Fladen Experiment

Culina vetus on 2024-7-25
Last weekend, I decided to try out a recipe I’d been playing with for a while: The meat fladen from the Guoter Spise tradition. Specifically, I started out with this recipe from the Mondseer Kochbuch: 82 A fladen of meat, … Continue reading → read/watch more

Fried Apple Slices

Culina vetus on 2024-7-24
Two very similar recipes from Philippine Welser’s collection: 133 To fry risen (hoch) apples and sage leaves Take good flour and put in cold water, stir it around a lot and then beat it well. Then beat eggs into it … Continue reading → read/watch more

Making Century eggs

Orlaith Chaomhanach on 2024-7-24
Like here in Eplaheimr, our neighbouring shire of Dun in Mara is lucky enough to have attracted some amazingly talented people since the pandemic, it’s been an absolute pleasure getting to know them all and start working with many of them on various read/watch more

Fried Gourd

Culina vetus on 2024-7-22
Just a short recipe today, again from Philippine Welser’s recipe collection: 129 If you want to fry pumpkin Cut the pumpkin crosswise (braydt), parboil it, and then lay the slices out on a board until they are drained (versechnet). Then … Continue read/watch more

Plant dyeing with Indigo

The lazy reenactor girl on 2024-7-21
A few weeks back, I stayed an extra day after the Midsummer Coronation-event to visit a friend and to learn how to dye fabric with indigo. Sara (Or Filippa Birgersdotter in the SCA) has done a bunch of indigo dyeing and I felt she was a great first read/watch more

Almond-Stuffed Cookies

Culina vetus on 2024-7-20
Admittedly, they are not exactly cookies, but the recipe is strikingly modern compared to most of the others. From the recipe collection of Philippine Welser: 127 To bake pretty stritzela of almonds Take a vierdung of almonds to make about … read/watch more

Several Krapfen Recipes

Culina vetus on 2024-7-17
There are a number of recipes for Krapfen of various kinds in the recipe collection of Philippine Welser. As we have seen, the term could stretch to something much like modern Maultaschen or cheese hand pies, but the typical kind … Continue reading read/watch more

Blessings for Birds

Culina vetus on 2024-7-14
Here is finally more of the Benedictiones ad Mensas. This is the section on birds: 73 Bless, o Christ king, the birds that are equal to fish Piscibus ęquipares benedic rex Christe volucres 74 May the cross bless this bird … Continue reading → read/watch more

Cheese Pockets

Culina vetus on 2024-7-13
I know I am late in posting more of the Benedictiones, but there is too much going on at the moment. Here is a brief and simple recipe from Philippine Welser’s collection, though: 123 If you want to fry krapfen … Continue reading → read/watch more

Strawberry Raid Adventures

The Insulae Draconis Baelfyr on 2024-7-10
Sigginstown Castle at night (photo by Gwerful) This adventure started at a New Year’s party, where the assembled room was asked where we should go: Crown Tournament or Strawberry Raid. Yes, because this travelogue is about Strawberry….. read/watch more

History with Flintheath

The Insulae Draconis Baelfyr on 2024-7-9
Originally posted 31st May 2024 The Galilee Porch at Ely Cathedral - the large covered porch on the west end which is now used as the main entrance - is considered one of the finest thirteenth-century porches in England. It may have been an read/watch more

Court Reports

The Insulae Draconis Baelfyr on 2024-7-8
This is a court report for St Bede’s Fair. St Bede’s Fair was organised by Flintheath. Insulae Draconis court was held by Roland and Jahanara. This court report is for court on 25 May 2024, it’s identified as Saturday Morning Court. Court read/watch more

More Blessings for Fishes

Culina vetus on 2024-7-7
Yet more from the 11th-century Benedictiones ad Mensas, completing the list of fish: 57 May a piece of such a large fish among our foods be blessed Pars tanti piscis nostris benedicta sit ęscis 58 May God not permit this … Continue reading → read/watch more

Coronet Tournament format

The Insulae Draconis Baelfyr on 2024-7-7
August Coronet Tournament format: We wish to incentivize the practice of weapon systems other than sword and shield for a number of reasons. We believe these are skills vital to the health of our armored fighting community and ability to defend the read/watch more

Book of hours: July

The lazy reenactor girl on 2024-7-6
My series of Book of hours calendar activities-posts is getting closer to the end! Each month, I’ll present a bunch of illustrations from different volumes that I’ve found that has a calendar section with images. A bunch of the different books has read/watch more

From the Seneschal

The Insulae Draconis Baelfyr on 2024-7-6
Greetings all, It is a perpetual astonishment to myself how quickly the year goes by, particularly with the various projects and enhancements one comes up with in a voluntary and lively organisations such as ours. It often feels like Lurchio trying read/watch more

From their Highnesses

The Insulae Draconis Baelfyr on 2024-7-5
Greetings Noble Populace of Insulae Draconis! We trust everyone has been enjoying the summer in whatever way brings each the most joy. We look forward to all the amazing events, work groups, practices, and other opportunities to live the dream in read/watch more

 

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