</lurk> Â Good grief, do you mean to tell me that thrift store cashiers are now 'period Nazis'??? Yikes... Â It is correct that we don't have a 'beginning'...
Turnips were the common staple before that & can be quite tasty. The potato was introduced to Europe through Spain in 1536 & the Sunchoke (Jerusaleum...
Don't forget Leif Erikson actually discovered Greenland and who knows what other parts of North America? That was year 1,000 A.D.? There have been "Viking"...
I think the issue is documentation. Is there some proof of them bring the food back with them and using it? In the world of the Viking very little has been...
I certainly didn't forget them, but their is no documentation for them. There is a strong suggestion that the dried herring trade kept a small but continuous...
Is anyone else going to the Festival of Courage in Arcata next week-end? Since one of the organizers knew me from down south & knew about the Viking Age Living...
A pumpkin by another name... Not a Rose, but I'm just guessing here, but a gourd??? Trahaearn To: Tymberhavene@yahoogroups.com From: 2marlenedg@... ...
Greetings, There were some great fighting photos and videos from Fall coronet that I saw and lost. Doe anyone have the links to the shots? If so could you post...
I must apologize about fighter practice last night - I was so wrapped up in getting the exchequer paperwork squared away I ignored people, and I shouldn't have...
Lowenmahne Herald, During the night, has some sort of guilt has descended upon thee? I was glad thou wert able to take care of any business needed done. And...
Perhaps you can post event information for all. Toujours, Madame du Pont "Gules, a swan naiant within a bordure argent" ________________________________ From:...
That's why I stayed home on, Thursday and Saturday From: Tymberhavene@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Tymberhavene@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Madame du Pont Sent:...
October 2009  8th - Fighter Practice, Thurs, 6 pm, Mingus Park, Coos Bay  15th - Fighter Practice, Thurs, 6 pm, Mingus Park, Coos Bay  22nd - Fighter...
"Oh, bippity-bobitty-bo"....I wish my Fairy godmother could make me a pumkin carriage, and of course a new dress, and wisk me away to the Golden Swan persona...
*waves at Roz* I'm new to this list, but I can tell you about "Cloven Fruit." Cloved fruit (as "cloven" generally indicates that said fruit has been split in...
If my memory serves me right the main reason for the cloves was a lack of toothpaste and oral hygiene in period meant the clove would cover up some of the bad...
Well I guess that depends on who you want a kiss from. Not sure about apples, I have only seen Oranges used.Oranges came from China by way of that wonder Marco...
Heck, over the decades I've been in the SCA, I've seen every kind of fruit imaginable used including Cloved Watermelons! I even remember the days before they...
Greetings Seekers of Knowledge: For a short and apple sweet history of apples go to www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/maia/history.html   Enjoy!  YIS ...
Oh Please do tell. Maybe we will need to revive this! The SCA could use some new fun. At times it is getting real stuffy! I remember some real wild times at...
Bonsoir, Merci beaucoup Angharad por le explanation! One may also read about it in our Known World Handbook, "The Pleasures of Cloven Fruit" on page 77. (BTW,...
PS...Anyone who would like to come to our Winter Fest Party Dec 19th, Saturday, in Bandon, and you are from out of the area, I can offer crash space in Coos...