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Another Italian 14th century gown

Eva's historical costuming blog on 2026-1-24
As you might remember I got tipsy from mimosa in Hans-Gunnar's market tent on Tuesday of the Medieval week. And ended up buying this fabulous wool fabric from Historiska Rum.I had first planned to make a pretty straight forward late 14th century read/watch more

Lebkuchen Marzipan Pastries

Culina vetus on 2026-1-23
This may be the most decadent cookie I have yet come across, and I really want to try it one day. Last November, I posted two lebkuchen recipes from Balthasar Staindl. He also includes one piece of instruction what else … Continue reading → read/watch more

Wheat Starch and Starch Pudding

Culina vetus on 2026-1-21
It’s late and I’m tired, but here is another interesting thing I found in Balthasar Staindl: How you can make starch (Umerdumb) ccliiii) Take good, pure winter wheat that is picked over carefully and pour fresh water on it. Drain … Continue reading read/watch more

BootCamp Meadowmarsh 2026

SCA Osterreich - Schwertkampf on 2026-1-21
Auch heuer wieder laden unsere liebsten Nachbarn im Shire Meadowmarsh zum traditionennen Schwertkampf-Trainingswochenende nach Düdelsheim (Hessen). Die legendäre Zusammenkunft erfreut sich seit vielen Jahren großer Beliebtheit- nicht nur für read/watch more

Cowberry (and Elderberry) Sauce

Culina vetus on 2026-1-20
This is the companion piece to yesterday’s cowberry preserve, a sauce that is clearly culinary: Sauce of Elderberries ccxxxvi) Make it this way: Take good, ripe elderberries that are quite black, break them off the stalks, and put them into … read/watch more

Yarn troubles and an edit

Lia's Continued Crafts on 2026-1-20
After Coronation I was raring to go on the next weaving projects, yarn ordered and draft made up. Only to get the disheartening message that the yarn was not actually in stock and not likely to be restocked within five months. New plans are made read/watch more

Preserving Cowberries

Culina vetus on 2026-1-19
Just a quick one today: Staindl uses cowberries (aka lingonberries, Vaccinium vitis-idaea) in a preserve and a sauce. This is the preserve: To preserve cowberries (Paysselbeer, Vaccinium vitis-idaea) ccxxvii) Break the berries off the stalks and read/watch more

Golden Water – Spice Liquor

Culina vetus on 2026-1-18
A short recipe today, and one not strictly culinary. Staindl gives instructions how to distill a spice-flavoured schnaps he calls Güldin wasser: Golden water ccxlviii) Item take one kandel of Malmasier (malmsey wine) or muscatel wine and one quarter read/watch more

Species and Triget – Spice Mixes

Culina vetus on 2026-1-17
I regret the long hiatus since the last post. Neither my health nor my life currently seem to cooperate with a regular schedule of updates, and I am not sure when I can resume that. For today, I have two … Continue reading → read/watch more

New Birka twill in the planning stages

Lia's Continued Crafts on 2026-1-12
At Drachenwald 12th Night Coronation, Jan 9-11 2026, I talked with my good friend Master SvartulvR and somehow convinced him to make me an enameled silver spoon. In exchange I will weave some fabric for him. The plan is to make another version of read/watch more

Institutional Cuisine in 1826/27, Part Two: Feasts

Culina vetus on 2026-1-9
I am returning once again to the Heilig-Geist-Spital in Hamburg whose sixteenth-century kitchen and inmate diet was the subject of previous posts. Continuing my look at the 1826 dietary from yesterday, today the focus shifts from the daily fare of … read/watch more

Institutional Cuisine in 1826/7, Part One

Culina vetus on 2026-1-8
Today, I would like to return to the Heilig-Geist-Spital in Hamburg whose sixteenth-century kitchen and inmate diet was the subject of previous posts. Along with extensive documents from earlier days, Gaedechens’ 1889 article also preserves pieces read/watch more

working on my 16th sleeves

Eva's historical costuming blog on 2026-1-8
I have been busy working, and making a modern wool skirt, but I AM also working on my cut out velvet sleeves. The flowers are not perfectly even, but perfection is rare in period.The wool skirt in question  Yes, we have lots of snow for read/watch more

Hohlhippen – A Living Tradition

Culina vetus on 2026-1-7
I am still working on a longer article, but today at the supermarket I stumbled over something in the bargains shelves that made me take notice. I had mentioned Holhippen before and even made a version in the past, but … Continue reading → read/watch more

 

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