SC - Way OT: Need advice to prevent freezing

[Olwen the Odd]

Greetings Aoife.  Which event are you going to this weekend?  Would that be 
Kingdom Crusades in Atlantia?  If so, I would very much like to meet you 
there.  I'm easy to spot.  I'll be hopping about like a frog on crutches.  
I'll be mostly around the Bright Hills pavillion..or shopping.

Olwen

>From: "Bethany Public Library" <betpulib at ptdprolog.net>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: SC - Way OT:  Need advice to prevent freezing
>Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 10:28:54 -0400
>
>Here's some of my favorite ways to keep warm, esp. at night at events (some
>of which are even "historical").
>
>A) Soapstone slab (or try a pizza stone  (which frequently gets tossed when
>it's broken.  Recycle it!) or a couple of bricks). It gets warmed next to
>the fire, then wrapped in flannel. Put it in your pockets or toss it into
>your bed. If you're there cooking, you could always warm your sheets or
>blankets with a few hot coals in a covered pot, waved between the cover
>before you retire. Be sure to put them outside the tent and back into the
>fire pit and tend to the fire if no one else is, before going to sleep,
>though.
>
>B) Hot water bottle. Either get a real one, or if you're afraid that you'll
>instantly look like a crone to the check-out girl, make one out of a 2 
>liter
>(or smaller) bottle. Fill with warm tap water, cap tightly, toss into your
>bed or  hold next to your body. A more historical version would to use a
>tightly-sealing crockery or stone bottle, but my theory is that the water 
>is
>heavy enough.......  I do this all the time for my kids at events, throwing
>a used 16 oz. bottle, filled with hot water from the restroom sink, into
>their sleeping bags before they bed down for the night. The heat makes them
>sleepy.
>
>C) My mother, who grew up in poor cockney London, used to take freshly
>hard-boiled eggs in her pockets to school. They hold their heat for a long
>time, and have the added benefit of being edible for lunch, by which time
>they've cooled. The same theory was used by my PA Deutsch dad, in the wild
>country of Litutz, PA, who used baked potatoes instead....
>
>D) You can buy a really expensive "au natural" hot pad which is made of
>corn, beans, rice, or other legumes, but it's easy to make your own. Just
>make a small sack and fill with your choice of the above items. The heating
>trick: empty them into a pot and place over the fire until very warm, or
>microwave for a minute or two to heat (i've been known to use a zip-lock
>baggie though you'll have to really watch it). Then pour the beans or rice
>or whatever back into the sack, tie it shut, and tuck it into your bodice. 
>I
>did this for a breast-cancer patient at one event, since I lived close
>nearby, and he began to feel much better. It will last longer if wrapped in
>a kitchen or hand towell. The legumes are useless for food purposes after
>this, much like beans or rice used as pie weights.
>
>E)If the cloak-without-sewing is your first choice, however, simply take a
>large  rectangle of thick cloth (or use an army blanket) and wear it as a
>Roman-style cloak or Irish/Celtic Brat. It's historical, it's warm, and it
>requires no work at all.
>
>Myself, I'll probably do all of the above this coming weekend. I don't 
>weant
>to miss the chance to see who'll be on the throne for Pennsic XXX. And it's
>gonna be cold and wet here on the northern East coast of the US.
>
>Cheers
>
>Aoife
>
>
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