So, the feast on May the 9th came and went astonishingly quickly, and I still haven't written anything about it.

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Time to type a little about my small endeavours at the Braithwayte's over Easter weekend just been.

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AKA: My Very First Redactions

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Have located beer. Have decided that when focused on woodworking it's appropriate to drink beer. Went secondhand book shopping in Devonport for Mina's birthday, and now instead of one I am the proud owner of three books related to woodwork.

These are as follows:

"A History of English Furniture: Volume I: The Age of Oak 1500-1600" Percy Macquoid ( ( Read more... )

I remembered there was an article I read online a while back before I'd even thought of entering it in the journal competition, but that's okay because it's in my bibliography. It was interesting though because it talked about who started using New World foods and when, and also affirmed a theory I had thought probably, that when redacting recipes ( Read more... )

For my second entry in the journal competition, I have decided to enter my research for the feast I am doing in April, with Mistress Katherina acting as steward and Maestra di Ballo.

I haven't done much SCA cooking before, beyong breakfasts/snacks at St Cath's and kitchen prep for other people, but I have quite a good background in cooking generally ( Read more... )