[Sca-cooks] Pennsic Bread Baking

[Cathy Harding]

Dang,  Why is all of the good stuff happening after I have to leave?

Maeve
Mis-placed Oerthan living in An Tir
(even earlier resident of Nithgard and the Barony of Debatable lands
whose family is "graciously" letting her go to Pennsic for a weekend while
home in State College, PA fulfilling familial obligations)  I'll be at
Pennsic from August 10 to 12. Camping with folks from the Shire of Heronter.
One can only visit with relations for short durations and in small numbers
:)

-----Original Message-----
From:	sca-cooks-admin at ansteorra.org [mailto:sca-cooks-admin at ansteorra.org]
On Behalf Of George & Lynn Dimock
Sent:	Monday, July 16, 2001 6:39 PM
To:	sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
Subject:	[Sca-cooks] Pennsic Bread Baking

Please pardon the band width,  but I was wondering if anyone on the list
would be interested in assisting me with a little project.

I am interested in recreating the bread baked by the Egyptians during the
time of Moses.  According to contemporary sources, the dough was baked in
covered clay pots.  A potter friend of mine made me some pots. I recently
received a shipment of sourdough yeast from Giza, Egypt, and I picked up
some flour which is alleged to have been made from wheat grown from seeds
found in King Tutenkamun's tomb.

I plan on baking the bread at Pennsic.  If all goes well, and it is accepted
by the editors, these experiments will form the basis for a future article
in Tournaments Illuminated.

One of the projected "baking days" is August 14.  That way, if it is edible,
I can send a loaf to the Potluck Supper for everyone's critique.

Clann O'Choda has graciously permitted my family and I to camp with them.
Therefore, if you are interested in participating in this experiment, I
invite you to please stop by the O'Choda encampment.  By then I should know
a bit more about when we will be baking this type of bread.

I understand O'Choda has its tradional site near the solar showers.

Pierre Vianney, le Boulanger de Grenoble

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