Open Hearth Cooking

[zsenya]

It's been a while but I haven't had a whole lot to say as of late. I'm feeling chatty right now, however, so I thought I'd share news of my excursion yesterday. A historic house near me has a kitchen guild, and a few times a year they offer a four-hour open hearth cooking class. I signed up, along with my best friend, and we headed down there

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[kizmet_42]

http://www.folkwear.com/romantic.html

I made my wedding dress from a Folkwear pattern. I find their patterns are easy to use and the instructions are very clear.

Good luck!

[chanel19]

I took a brick laying class last summer. I would have loved the hearth cooking class. Of course, I also took an electrical class, so I don't know that I have a historical thing so much as an every-thing. If that makes sense. bbennett has a book on the creation of pigments, colors and dyes that I think I will just steal from her the next time I'm at her place. I started reading it there one afternoon and she swears she wll loan it to me when she is done with it, but I'm thinking that will be never, so I'm taking it.

If I were to live in another time, I doubt I would have the patience to do so as a woman, so I'm not sure I could do the time trip thing.

[doctoraicha]

I think I don't need to answer this, since I'm an Arts and Sciences apprentice in the Society for Creative anachronism, but heck YEAH i love it. I'd visit:
1. Elzabeth's england
2. Spain in teh court of Philip II
3. Regency England
4. Colonial America

[wahlee_98]

a) I'd love to learn "historical" types of hobbies, but unfortunately I haven't been able to do much. I've learned how to knit and embroider, and that's about it. I have a friend, though, who is amazing at it. She's susy_gwen here on LJ. She worked several summers at Deseret Village, which is a living-history type of place out here in Utah, to show what life was like for the early Mormon pioneers. She has Civil War dresses that she's made, and a corset, and she's learned how to tat and crochet and all sorts of fun stuff. She also took a class on historical dress throughout the ages, so she'd be the person to contact for more info on this, but I know that a type of dress that would have been worn by the working classes in the early 1800s is a shortgown. Mary Musgrove wears a similar garment in Persuasion. I found one pattern here, but I'm sure there are others.

As for eras I'd love to visit-- Pioneer Utah, Regency England, Same period in America, World War 1, early 1900s. Yeah.

[aeljn]

I think they're interesting to watch or read about, but I don't think I could manage to do them.

I have several periods I'm interested in, too, but I would be worried about infections -- giving or getting.