SC - Re: SC_ Shrooms of the Wild

[Elaine Koogler]

OK, you're selling at Pennsic....what are you selling and how will we know which
"booth" in Tent #1 is yours?

Kiri

RANDALL DIAMOND wrote:

> Lord Stefan inquires: >>>Ok, what are "wild jakes" and "tom"? I
> assume the latter is not a cat, but I do have a recipe for that,
> too.<<<<
>
> "Jakes" are male yearling specimens of Meleagris gallopavo,
> quite delectable, I assure you . The mature male is called
> a "tom" and the female just a "hen".  Regretably not period
> enough for some of you folks, so I I'll just hog all this
> fine wild turkey myself.   I seem to be blessed with a rather
> significant flock of them here at Glaedenfeld farm.   I have
> started leaving out the 12 gauge and shells as the silly
> birds have taken to strutting around in the feasthall/ barn
> early in the morning, of all places.....talk about convenience.
> A main course that delivers itself to the feasthall!  But, then
> I won't be serving them at feast, will I?  Oh well, I'll just suffer
> eating them alone.  Po me, po me.
>
> Today was a lovely work day here at Glaedenfeld Centre, Lord Aggir
> Jon came out and we worked on the beehives.  We now have 6
> hives  after capturing 3 new swarms and the air around them today
> was almost solid bees!  I never would have believed how utterly
> cool beekeeping would be.  Next week we are putting on the first
> tier of supers in which the bees will put the honey that we will harvest
> as our reward for taking such good care of them over the winter.
> Our apiary supplier said that everyone except us that he sold bees
> to last years lost them all this winter and he was hit very badly himself.
> The drought here last year made it impossible for the bees to find
> enough water and flowers to put up enough stores for the winter it
> seems.  For us to have actually increased was just baffling to our
> supplier.  We have bees out the wazzoh!  Come September, I am
> going to have to figure out what I going to do with three or four
> hundred pounds of honey from organically grown flowers.
>
> Maybe I can bring some honey up to THE WAR at Pennsic to share
> with y'all.  I will be arriving a  little after midnight on Saturday the
> 12th.  If I get there a few hours  ahead of schedule, I"ll hang out
> somewhere in Butler until I am sure I don't have to pay an extra
> 20 bucks for 2 extra hours on site.  Boy howdy, am I cheap!  I
> haven't figured out yet where I am going to camp.  Last year
> on the Serangeti was nice enough, but I am not convinced the
> weather will be so obligingly cool this year.  I will be merchanting
> again in Bazaar Tent 1 over by the Barn, so I hope a lot of you
> will drop by.  Unfortunately, solo merchanting for 12 hours a day
> leaves me very little time to cook any really good stuff, as I am
> usually beat to a frazzle.   I would like to drop in any Cooks
> camps and visit a spell, I reckon.  Is anyone putting together
> a list or map of where we all are going to be camping to facilitate
> finding each other?  I really don't want to spend a lot of time
> at Meridian Royal where I usually camp, as Meridies seldom
> has a very large number there since the new Principality has
> decided on a separate encampment.  With the kingdom taking
> a big share of  my 250 s.f., it gets kind of cramped.   I might be
>  looking for someplace else that is quieter and less political where
> there is enough room to set up my fireplace.  Any suggestions?
>
> Akim Yaroslavich
> "No glory comes without pain"
>
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