[Sca-cooks] peach pit molds, period utensils

[Stefan li Rous]

Olga said:
> I'm the potter that Brighid ni Chiarain persuaded to make peach pit marzipan
> molds.  Those of you who were at Pennsic might have visited my shop "Ash &
> Griffin Pottery".

Welcome to the SCA-Cooks list!

I went by your booth near the end of Pennsic, to buy one of the peach
pit molds, but was told that *ALL 20 molds* you had made had been sold,
probably to folks on this list. Hrmph! you guys. sheesh.  I did place an
order for one. I hope you got it. If not, let me know and I'll place it
again.

> I'm interested in learning more about period cooking methods and equipment,
> with the aim of making appropriate tools more available to fellow
> "experimental archeology/history" buffs.

Well, perhaps these files in the Florilegium might be a place to start:
In the FOOD-UTENSILS section:
aquamaniles-msg   (10K)  3/ 2/00    Fancy period jugs to hold water for washing.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/aquamaniles-msg.html
p-tableware-msg   (47K)  4/11/01    Period tableware. Period references
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/p-tableware-msg.html
utensils-msg     (166K)  4/11/01    Utensils, plates, trenchers, cast
iron pots.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-UTENSILS/utensils-msg.html

These two in the CRAFTS section may be 'old hat' to you, but maybe
worth a look:
pottery-msg       (81K)  3/23/01    Medieval pottery, kilns. modern equivalents.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CRAFTS/pottery-msg.html
ceramics-bib      (  K)  7/20/01    A ceramics, pottery and tile bibliography.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CRAFTS/ceramics-bib.html
pottery-whels-msg (28K)  1/24/01    Period pottery wheels. Types.
Building them.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CRAFTS/pottery-whels-msg.html

I hope this helps.
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