[Ravensfort] A & S Report

[David Whitford]

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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