[Bryn-gwlad] Feast Gear

[Sunny Briscoe]

I started off with a set of whitewashed wooden chargers and those old wooden
salad bowls from the 70's.  I was afraid of eating off of the chargers after
I saw what my knife was doing to the finish.  I can also be terribly lazy
when it comes to handwashing dishes, so the thought of all the things
growing on my plates wasn't too appitizing either.  Then I found some nifty
ceramic plate that are very sturdy (They were in a tent on a table, the tent
rollled over and over tossing everything around like a rock tumbler, and the
plates were fine in the feast gear box that I had packed them in.  So was
the beer in the cooler).  They are also very heavy, and I like to have
things that I can move around by myself if I ever need to.  Then I found
some stainless steel plates and bowls at Academy for about $2.50 each.  They
are dishwasher safe, lightweight, compact, and transmit heat very well.  I
use them for all my feasts, but still bring a wooden or ceramic one for
listside events where my food survives well being out in the sun - the
plates don't heat up as fast.  I also had some nifty pewter tankards, but
they always made my beverages taste funny, so I got rid of those and got
some handmade ceramic ones.  I am still trying to find the right shape for
those, but they have held up fairly well so far.  I fantasize about those
nifty Venetian glass ones, but I am sure they would be crushed in my feast
gear box.

Elisabetta



On 9/4/06, caladin <caladin at io.com> wrote:
>
> I third the already seconded suggestion that you start out with simple
> inexpensive and nearly unbreakable
> wooden feast gear with simple utensils. Sealed in some kind of poly by
> prefernce, to make your life simpler
> and biologically safer.
>
> Once you have that, dig in to deeper and cooler, and more perfect
> stuff.. but get a rigid container for them,
> preferalby a attractive wooden chest of some kind. I can't tell you the
> sensation and emotions that go with dropping
> your armor helm first on an irreplacable piece of ceramic work that you
> value highly, so I'll just
> mention that you don't feel particularly smart at that point in your life.
>
> Cal-
>
> Sandy Straubhaar wrote:
>
> >Maelgwyn wrote, answering Rahil:
> >
> >
> >
> >>There just isn't any generic medieval feast gear (or clothing, etc.)
> >>suitable to over 1000 years of history across an entire continent of
> >>diverse
> >>cultures. I can help with 6th or 16th century British information, or I
> can
> >>help you research your own chosen time and place.  Meanwhile it is hard
> to
> >>go wrong with a simple wood or ceramic bowl and plate, a metal spoon and
> a
> >>sharp knife just to get started.
> >>
> >>Maelgwyn
> >>
> >>
> >
> >What he said.
> >I've been playing on and off for decades, and raised three kids in the
> SCA,
> >and sat a throne (Middle Kingdom), and I still eat off of wooden plates
> and
> >bowls.  I drink out of leather drinking jacks made by Morgan the Tanner
> of
> >Calontir sometime in the eighties.  (They were tourney prizes that
> Reynard
> >won at Pennsic once upon a time.)
> >None of these things break, whereas glass and ceramic (that you love)
> might
> >easily break.
> >You can dress up your table with a nifty tablecloth (an Arabesque
> >cotton-print might work for you, eh? something like . . .
> >http://biscuts.com/images/Fabrics%20Large/fab0009.jpg )
> >and nifty cutlery -- a nice knife, or whatever.
> >Brass candlesticks, maybe.
> >We use some cool Byzantine brass forks I picked up at some War or other.
> >All unbreakable. . .last for years until you lose them.
> >
> >brynhildr
> >
> >
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