[Sca-cooks] Fwd:Alexandrian Company Symposium on Food and Festival in the Middle Ages]

[Sue Clemenger]

Hi, everyone.  This came through on another list that I'm on, and I got
permission from the poster to send it on to this list.  Sounds like lots
of fun.
--Maire

> THE ALEXANDRIAN COMPANY SYMPOSIUM ON FOOD AND FESTIVAL IN THE MIDDLE AGES
>
> Sponsored by The Alexandrian Company and held in the Barony of Bjornsborg,
> Ansteorra (San Antonio, Texas), Saturday, August 25, 2001.
>
> Classes will include:
>
> * The King's Deer: The Use of Venison and other Wild Game in Period Recipes
> * An Invitation to Dinner: Dining in Ancient Rome
> * Ignis Sacer, Holy Fire: Ergotism, A Food Poison from the Past
> * The Olive: A Social History
> * Celebrations of the Early Celts
> * A Survey of Medieval Glass Tableware from c. 600-1500
> * A Short History of Cheese
> * A Survey of Viking Food
> * A Survey of Medieval Dining Rooms with an Emphasis on the Low Countries
> * Salt and Pepper
> * Traveling on Its Stomach: Food on Campaign
> * When Food Goes Bad: Food Preservation and Food Poisoning
> * Spices
> * Polish Food and Customs
> * Out of the Ashes: The Origins, Practices and Purposes of Lent
> * A Comparison of the Diets of the Mid-14th Century Peasant Class and the
> Nobility
> * On Progress with Elizabeth I OR How I Learned to Love Royalty after I Lost
> My Shirt and Kissed the Royal Bum
> * The Celebration of Advent and Christmastide
>
> As this is a scholarly lecture and presentation symposium, classes will NOT
> include cooking workshops.  Instructors are allowed to bring appropriate
> samples of period food for their classes -- as long as they bring enough for
> everyone!  Dress for the symposium is mundane or
> costume.  Online registration and class schedule now available on the
> Alexandrian website at http://www.vikinganswerlady.org/alexandrians/
>
> The site is the American Red Cross Center, 3642 E. Houston St., San Antonio,
> TX 78219
>
> The site will be open from 8:00 AM until evening. Gate opens and
> registration begins at 9:00 AM. There will be a brief, required meeting for
> all instructors at 9:00 AM. Classes are scheduled to run from 10:00 AM to
> 6:00 PM.  There will be a costumed revel after classes finish.
>
> The site does not allow alcohol or weapons.  However, ingredients that will
> become alcoholic some day are allowed.  There will be a room for children
> that has a TV/VCR and adult supervision, so you can bring the kids and their
> favorite "Pokemon in King Arthur’s Court" video.
>
> Event Steward
> Radegund of Tours (Carolle Ternus)
> 210-826-7002
> cternus at texas.net
>
> Class Coordinator
> Mari ferch Rathyen (Karen Moon)
> 210-824-2860
> karenmoon at msn.com
>
> For a map and more information look in August's Black Star and at the
> Alexandrian Company's website:
> http://www.vikinganswerlady.org/alexandrians/