[Sca-cooks] Anything going on ?

[David Friedman]

Tell us about "Frankish stuff." The only source that occurs to me is 
Anthimus.


On 8/28/16 7:35 AM, Laura Minnick wrote:
> Well, I'm not doing much at the moment. I'm having some fairly 
> significant health issues, and spending most of my time dealing with 
> that.
>
> I did go to Egils though, and fed 9 in camp, and... I don't know how 
> many Saturday night for dinner. Still working on Frankish stuff, and 
> it went well, except- a major fair with the roast. I don't know what 
> happened- everything was the same- roast, pan, coals- but when I went 
> to get it out, it mooed at me. I had a small breakdown in the bushes 
> behind the kitchen, then came back to my horrified helpers, and said 
> 'Ok, we go on. This is what we're going to do...' and we went on with 
> dinner, with a revised menu. Everyone was fed and I don't think the 
> guests knew any different.
>
> I also made cheese in camp, which was a first. I got some basic 
> instructions and recipes from Maeve, hung it up to drip before I left 
> for market* and then took it down while I was doing  prep (it was part 
> of the dessert). It worked wonderfully, and I'm likely to do it again.
>
> *I had an idea that I would go into town to the farmer's market and 
> get my fresh produce there. Didn't work- the produce was lovely, but 
> about three times the standard supermarket price. I couldn't in good 
> conscience use our camp's food money that way, so I ended up going on 
> to the Safeway from there. The only thing I did get was fennel- fennel 
> is hard to find, and I couldn't be sure it was available at Safeway. 
> The fennel was gorgeous- firm, fat bulb, brilliant white. and it was 
> very tasty!
>
> An Tir September Crown is next weekend, and I'm going, but camping 
> with #1 daughter, and she's feeding me, so all I have to bring is my 
> tent and personal stuff. I think it will be nice, being able to relax, 
> and leave camp without worrying about being on a strict timetable for 
> meal prep.
>
> Liutgard
>
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