[Ravensfort] A & S Report
David Whitford
dbw6969 at yahoo.com
Wed May 5 09:45:05 PDT 2004
Hey-on the coffee try leaving it black and strong-then
serve those really sweet pastries like baklava
>From my reading thats the common practice.
Robert
--- Mirabelis <mirabelis at johnthekiwi.com> wrote:
> Greetings! Ok I have gotten into more A&S than I
> think with this whole
> Persian tent thing. I have been trying to get some
> embroidery done for
> a dress I'm making, the embroidery is taking
> forever! So to give my
> mind something else to work on I've been trying to
> have period foods,
> and I'm sure that's got to be an A&S thing. We had
> homemade baklava
> from Lord Segird, and we had stuffed grape leaves by
> Mistress Dominique,
> but I think the bit I liked the most was my bit ;)
> I made some
> Sekanjabin, what is that you say? Well it's a
> Persian Mint tea, I got
> the info from Stefan's files and made up some tea at
> the event. I
> forgot to dilute it down with water and what I
> actually had was the
> syrup that is used for the tea. So, now I'm on a
> mission to make syrup
> and bottle it so that it can be used in the future,
> just diluted down.
> this can also be drunk hot or cold, so I'm pretty
> excited about that.
> now its on to getting some bottles and figuring out
> how to bottle the
> syrup...good think I have Segird as a neighbor he is
> invaluable!
>
> The other thing I was working on was Turkish coffee.
> Apart from having
> the proper serving pots I have no idea how to do
> Turkish coffee, but
> again thanks to Stefan's files :-)
>
> And I don't drink coffee! So it was pretty
> difficult to get a taste
> test. I have found that the Persians used lots and
> lots and lots of
> sugar, so it was hard for my Kiwi to tell me how the
> coffee was because
> he doesn't like his with sugar, so here we go..I'm
> an on a mission to
> perfect the Turkish coffee. If you are a coffee
> drinker and you see me
> cooking some up, come by and tell me what you think
> :-) theres a whole
> element of boiling the coffee at the right temp to
> make sure it doesn't
> burn and you get froth.I was frothless until the
> last batch. Some turks
> believe that it is an insult to not have froth with
> your coffee.so, come
> by for some froth! We are also learning a bit about
> tasseography.what
> is that you say? It's the art, if you can call it
> that, of reading tea
> leaves and coffee grounds. Let me tell ya, there is
> plenty of grounds
> in Turkish coffee :-) what does your future hold
> for you?
>
> I also made some figs in syrup. Lol, I don't really
> like figs either,
> but I was told the figs in syrup was delightful.
> I'm on a mission to
> find figs and can them, I've never canned anything
> before!! And a search
> for walnuts and their hulls! So if anyone has a fig
> tree or a walnut
> tree lurking about I'd be interested in their
> fruits! The whole tent
> thing has opened up a huge avenue for my persona and
> I love it! Theres
> no end to the things you can learn!
>
> So, if you see the Persian tent at another event, it
> will be a huge act
> of god! Lol, we know for sure we will be at all the
> RF events, so come
> by and taste test my coffee, if you dare ;)
>
>
>
> Cheers!
> Mirabelis
>
>
>
> www.kindled-spirits.com
>
> www.johnthekiwi.com
>
>
>
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