SC - parchment source (OT)

[Olwen the Odd]

I emailed for a brochure from the parchement fellow instead of forwarding 
his info to our Baronial list.  I figure I can take the brochure to meetings 
and events and perhaps keep the "mildly interested but won't buy" folks from 
making a 'run' on the poor chap for brochures.  I did get an email from him 
saying my brochure was in the mail.

He does say in his original post that samples were included.  Perhaps I'll 
try them in the oven.....!
Olwen


>From: Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: SCA-Cooks maillist <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: SC - parchment source (OT)
>Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 02:23:47 -0500
>
>Selene asked when I forwarded an email I got from a parchment maker:
> > Aha, not cooking parchment then.  I can only imagine what my friendly 
>neighborhood
> > scribes would do to me if they found their precious writing substrate 
>under a
> > batch of meringues...
> >
> > You don't mind if I forward this to the scribes in my kingdom, do you?
>
>No. I haven't forwarded it to anywhere but here because I wasn't sure
>where else might be good and I'm not on that many lists anyway. If you
>do, I think a mention of my parchment file might also be of interest.
>The file is in the SCRIBAL ARTS section of my files as:
>parchment-msg     (60K)  8/30/00    Making and buying parchment. 
>substitutes.
>
>I have gotten a reply message from the parchment maker with more details
>and contact info. I will try to get both these two messages edited and
>added to this file ASAP, perhaps this weekend.
>
>Actually the parchment that the scribes use just happens to be the
>best stuff. I had previously known that scrape parchment was used
>for such things as glues both in period and now. But Karl Meyer (the
>parchment maker) said:"I have supplied furniture makers, calligraphers,
>bookbinders, sculptors, printers and various others who do
>historical restoration, among others."
>
>But I do think that it is a bit expensive to use instead of parchment
>paper in baking. :-)  I wonder if it would even work there.
>--
>Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
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