[Sca-cooks] RE: "Period" candlesticks and chandeliers

[Stefan li Rous]

Ru replied to me with:
> corn cobs as wicks in sheep tallow work with a less smoke. Must be very dry
> [baked even] before inserting into tallow/wax.

Which "corn"? Are you speaking of American maize? Then corn cobs really
wouldn't have been available in medieval Europe. Interesting, though.

> Note to SheepStealer: if its big, fuzzy white, part of the herd, and barks
> in Italian - *Do Not* try  anything but leaving. He has enough problems
> getting those 'nervous sheep to sleep here in the highlands. Ru

Once again, my fingers weren't typing what my mind wanted to type. I
guess I've been on this list too long. My message was supposed to go
to the SCA-Arts list. Perhaps you got something from this though.

My appologies for this.

Stefan

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stefan li Rous" <stefan at texas.net>
> To: "SCA-Cooks maillist" <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 2:07 AM
> Subject: [Sca-cooks] RE: "Period" candlesticks and chandeliers
>
> > Sheepstealer replied to Mel with:
> > > >Also used were rushlights, but my experiments with them suggest
> > > >that they are every bit as nasty as Colonial US accounts say they were.
> > >
> > > Really nasty in what way ? Seem OK to me
> > >
> > > Mel
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