HERB - Tannin in plants?

[Lughnasa@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-07-02 07:31:57 EDT, MAILER-DAEMON at aol.com writes:

> 
>  In a message dated 98-06-26 20:59:52 EDT, you write:
>  
>  > 
>  >  For a little background to this quest, A friend and I are working on
>  >  making and playing a couple of bladder pipes for Queen's Prize tourney
>  >  next March. Why? It's the adventure of the thing! (so our husbands think
>  >  we've gone insane) Anyways, Par, over on the sca cooks list, has
>  >  suggested a way to tan the pig bladders by over boiling a plant (like
>  >  tea) and using the liquid. Does anyone have any suggestions on
>  >  documentation on medieval tanning techniques/plants that were used.
Also,
>  >  any sources, secondary or primary that we could use Inter-library loan
to
>  >  look at, would be really helpful. 
>  >  beatrix
>  >  
>  >  
>     I actually prefer brain tanning to vegetable tans for the majority of
>  things.  A trick for taking off fur (for some later project) is to soak the
>  hide, drop a bit of sand in the fur, and rub with a rock.
>  
>  Kris
>  
>  

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