-
Sometimes I don't suck at all
I had some orange-lemon cheese left from Beggar's Rebellion, and I really didn't know what to do with it other than I didn't want it to go to waste.
So while I was making cake for Foxes, it hit me: I dug out a recipe I had for a ricotta cake, and mixed in the orange-lemon cheese instead. Then I tossed in a couple of handfuls of the blueberries I'd ( Read more... ) -
Stupid grrr. . .
I have had this set of Norse bead spreaders for over a year now. I've had plenty of beads to put on them, but I wanted the strand to be "right", whatever that means ( Read more... ) -
Weird brainage
I've been slowly cleaning up around the house, decreasing the amount of Stuff we have amassed over the years. (I was told I could throw away anything I wanted, as long as I didn't tell anyone what I threw away. Kinda sad when you realize that we have so much Stuff laying around that I could throw away Stuff that would never be missed because it ( Read more... ) -
Happiness
Dugal wants a white linen long sleeved tunic to wear under his black linen elbow-length sleeved tunic for entourage duty. All I have is a blend of some kind that has a semi-floral vine-type tone-on-tone pattern. He feels it's too feminine, and I agree. However, he said, since it was the only white fabric I had in enough quantity, it would be OK ( Read more... ) -
need garb help
What kind of headcovering options do I have for a Dark Ages outfit ( Read more... ) -
bits of creativity and coolness
I finished all the rings for Boru and Deirdre. I think I ended up with 20 of them, some with gemstone beads and some black and white glass beads made by Griffin. I still have some more wire weaving to do: two chains, three rings, and a circlet. Dugal has to do the casting for two of the rings and one of the chains. He's also casting some Viking ( Read more... ) -
rings
Finished up this lot of rings, plus a few other black and white ones, for Boru and Deirdre. I have several of the black and white glass beads that Sir Griffin made left, so I'm going to make a half-dozen or so more.
Not too shabby, if I do say so myself. =D
( Read more... ) -
Roman cheesecake win
I had a fair amount of the orange-lemon cheese left over after the Beggar's feast, and I just couldn't waste it.
After a bit of searching, I found a recipe for Savillum (Cato 84) in "A Taste of Ancient Rome" by Ilaria Gozzini Giacosa.
I didn't use the redaction in the book, and I didn't look up the equivalents to the period terms of measurements, ( Read more... ) -
Beggar's Rebellion
Mostly, it was fun ( Read more... ) -
Beggar's Rebellion
I am so behind in my prep for the feast this weekend. It's a really uncomplicated feast, so I'm not really worried; since the event is sort of an anti-persona "Come As You Aren't" theme, I decided to not stick to period or peri-oid recipes. It's just fun food. Most of it came about because Beggar's has been so bloody hot for the last few years, ( Read more... )
