Medieval Cooking

Master Emrys Eustice (aka. Broom) recently posted pictures from War Practice and he got a picture of my Wooden Pin entry.
I also wanted to thank THL Katla Ulfeðinn for loaning me her table for the day. Having the table made all of the difference in the presentation and I am sure gave me a [...]

I’ve been doing some more thinking about the Wooden Pin competition and realized that I’d come to some wrong conclusions. Firstly, I had forgotten that the traditional “stomach openers” in humoral theory was not soft cheese, it is hard cheese. This would change the “Summer” (warm) course to:

Hard Cheese
Quince Paste with sugar and [...]

Let me start with my being thankful that my daughter only has one appendix - which was removed a month and a half ahead of schedule on Friday - because we may now stay out of hospital for longer than a week before going back.
I was considering what to do for an update for today [...]

I have an acquaintance that has a habit of making updates in the form of a list so that he can cover a multitude of topics in a compact space. Taking my cue from his form, this part of the update will be in the form of a list.

The feast menu and notes [...]

I had the pleasure of taking a breadmaking class from Larry Lagatutta, owner and head baker at Enrico Biscotti in the Strip District. It started with the class participants sitting around a long table sharing a divine breakfast of: roasted vegetables; hard cheeses; spaghetti and meatballs; biscotti; misc. baked goods; beans and greens with [...]

Note: This is a series of vignettes based on Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
She pulled her hand back through the hole in the window and quickly began applying pressure to the deep gash on the inside of her wrist with a towel. She could hear the blood rushing [...]

Note: This is a series of vignettes based on Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
For the last six months she had been looking for an apartment in Seattle but was too scared to do anything about it. Things were bad. Really bad. There wasn’t a decision that would yield happy [...]

Note: This is a series of vignettes based on Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
She stubbed out her cigarette in the china plate she kept expressly for that purpose. The cramped apartment, filled with the remnants of her failed marriage, spoke volumes of her situation. Sadness still clung to her, [...]

I’ve been giving my dear husband a hard time for years because when his muse comes to call it’s usually not just a gentle nudge.  It’s a full-on body slam (we call his muse “Reggie” after the late, great Packers defensive end Reggie White). He ends up composing prolifically for a couple of weeks or a [...]

I can still remember the moment — me standing outside of the locked door of my mother’s home wearing a pair of cropped jeans and a v-necked yellow sweater. My feet were bare. I kept staring at the doorknob until I heard my father’s voice say, “Get in the car, we’ll get this fixed tomorrow.” [...]