SC - Scrapple-Recipe-OOP

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Hi Ilia -

Interesting to see this thread come up - being a "blind as bat" 
no-night-vision type of person I'd be interested in hearing how these type 
of oil lamps work  (since I'm looking to obtain something similar)

(background info - I was the main cook for my local Shire's camp at Rowany 
Festival (Australian version of Pennsic but much, much smaller :-p) last 
year.  The camp organiser did not wish to have any "modern intrusive 
lighting (MIL)" anywhere in the camp (even though we weren't part of Period 
encampment, or anywhere near them)  Unfortunately, her concept of "MIL" 
included kerosene lamps (proferred option was tea-light candles - the 
eeeny-weeny ones).  Since I don't hold with cooking blindly the rule very 
quickly became - we eat at sundown!  - Mind you - it was amusing to see the 
rostered washing-up team try to work by mini candlelight (well - right up 
until the first morning when I discovered  what sort of a "hit and miss" 
affair it had been....)

Mari

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Subject: SC - Lighting for cooking and camp

Ilia wrote:
     I have been looking around at various ways to do lighting. 
Particularly,
lighting for cooking. I could bring lots of candles, but I would prefer to 
get
something that puts out a bit more light. One of the places that I have been
looking at is Lehmans (http://www.lehmans.com/). They have some olive oil 
lamps
that, while not period, look like they would provide fairly good light.
     Has anyone had experience with these? Do the indeed put out a good 
amount
of light? Is there a better inexpensive source of lighting?


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