... SNIP ... I generally do without non-period foods at events, e.g., no chocolate, and i generally prepare period foods, and i don't eat deli meat, even at...
Marc wrote: In Ansteorra (I assume elsewhere as well, but who knows), reading the award into court is what makes it "law", so clearly the document is an added...
If there is no posted menu, I don't even consider attending feast and make plans with friends to go to a restaurant or bring my own supper. A disclaimer...
Wow, my first day checking out this forum and I gotta tell you, the personal attacks are a bit off-putting. Let's all take a deep breath and remember that the...
... No, William, my logic is for the Kingdoms of the Middle and Northshield - the two kingdom where I have lived, those are the only kingdom to whose custom I...
Urtatim, My post was not directed at you personally. It was in frustration for all of the times and all of the people who come here looking for a 'good enough'...
... Ok. I'll try to keep the tone even keeled, and if it starts to sound preachy, it's not meant that way. Regardless of where you live, you can at least have...
The reason I don't post an ingredient list _per se_ is that I hand out booklets that would make an ingredient list a waste of paper (I KNOW it would save...
... I used to hear this a lot. Not that people will drink water, which is a good thing, but that it's not period. His Grace Cariadoc used to say it. In...
Ice requires some sort of insulator. Perhaps straw or grasses? Arlys On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:27:30 -0700 (PDT) Park McKellop...
Cynthia J Ley
cley@...
Jul 1, 2005 2:37 pm
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... In Atlantia, the award is considered "valid" at the time of the ceremony, with or without a scroll. True "validity" comes when the King and Queen list all...
... No one said to avoid these things. If you need to procure those items, you do what they would have done then -- buy them fresh. This may require that you...
... Exactly, which is why I prefaced my statements with "In Ansteorra (I assume elsewhere as well, but who knows)" [BTW, I' not necessarily responsing to you,...
So, the NJ Library summer reading slogan is "Joust Read!" with the emphasis on tales of dragons, knights, damsels, etc. This has led to lots of demos for SCA...
In may case, as is always the case with this Royal, I was called before the Crown in Court and there was a fair amount of pomp and circumstance including a...
... Umm... was this "at home" or " in the field"????? At home, ice rooms were possible... ... Jeffrey S. Heilveil, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Department of...
... Two words: Castro District. ;-> Gotta love California. I posted a picture of me in my dowdy 1630's kit (courtesy of Reconstructing History Patterns) and...
From http://www.ehistory.com/world/PeopleView.Cfm?PID=346 (which may or may not be accurate, as many list this as legend, not fact) "When King Richard I of...
... A mountain which is snow clad for much of the year. Of course, there was still the 100miles to travel, but ... it could be done. ... Jeffrey S. Heilveil,...
... Which is why New York (city at least) could be historically really miserable in August. In shoemaking history, there was a sort of wax that is used that...
I recall reading somewhere that Saladin, upon hearing Richard Lion Heart was ill, sent him some flavored ices, apparently made with snow brought down from the...
Cynthia J Ley
cley@...
Jul 1, 2005 4:11 pm
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... A mountain which is snow clad for much of the year. Of course, there was still the 100miles to travel, but ... it could be done. COMMENT Indeed it could...
Oh yeah, more on the ice. when you are talking about taking a single solid block, it lasts an amazing amount of time because you've greatly reduced the ratio...
... If you can get the refs for this, I'd think it marvellous to try to duplicate. Myself, I cant find any references to this in period, but there is certainly...
... One of my favorite Queen Elizabeth (I) quotes is something I'm told was said of her in the years just after she died. "Elizabeth was King. Now is James...
<rant mode> Apologies, but "market fair" is a personal pet peeve of mine. To the best of my knowledge, "market fair" is at best a post-period, and possibly a...
Hello! As I'm new to this newsgroup, I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Andrés Trujillo, 33 years old and working as a system adminstrator for a major...
... Yes, that was why I was posting. <tongue in cheek> If we're going to let people cheat, we ought to at least make them cheat accurately. </tongue in cheek> ...
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