SC - Re: cook's cote[Aprons]

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Oh now, don't get started about silly aprons.  I'm as likely to wear my Looney
Toons apron at the start of the feasting day as anything else.  OK so I switch
everyone into the matching 'livry aprons' [store-bought red aprons with Celtic
knotwork stencilled in yellow paint] when it's near "showtime" but that doesn't
mean we can't have fun in the meantime.

As for getting your award while grubby from the kitchen:  the more display to the
assembled that you are right deserving of the award!  Huzzah!

Selene

Laura C. Minnick wrote:

> Jenne Heise wrote:
> >
> > > >To expand the topic, has anyone (female) tried some of the aprons they
> > > >show in the German woodcuts? I have a good picture of one that seems to be
> > > >similar to the 'balloon jumpers that were fashionable for baby girls a
> > > >while back: a v-neck collar with farbric gathered onto it front and back..
> > > >the fabric is sewn up the sides (looks like) to make a tube but with deep
> > > >armholes.
> > > I'd love to see some pictures.  Can you point me in the right direction?
> > > Olwen
> >
> > I _THINK_ it might be die mode der gottischen frau (The gothic mode in
> > women's dress) or in the Polish-Bohemian miscellany. I 'll go look when I
> > get home.
>
> It also sounds very like the over gowns that you see women wearing in
> the _Manesse Codex_ (one of my favorite documents!). It is fairly easy
> to find plates from it if not a copy of the whole thing (they have two
> copies at UO). Very simple outlines.
>
> When I'm cooking I tend to wear fairly simple clothing, and either an
> apron or a towel tied around my waist. I actually have a set of cotton
> aprons with lettering on them that says "Chez Elaine", and either
> 'staff' or 'Le Chef' on the upper edge. Silly- but they keep the food of
> my clothes and everyone knows who's in charge!
>
> An Tirians may remember the Egil's where I was called up for a service
> award while I was making the Princess' dinner, and forgot to take off my
> apron. There I was, in front of the king, covered with pork grease...
>
> 'Lainie