[Sca-cooks] Return of the Wanderer (partly OT)

[chirhart_1]

Welcome back....... Chirhart
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robin Carroll-Mann" <rcmann4 at earthlink.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 9:04 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Return of the Wanderer (partly OT)


> Last night, my lord and I arrived home after 12 days in Ireland.  It
> was a wonderful trip -- beautiful scenery, fascinating sights, friendly
> and hospitable people.
>
> We were shocked and saddened by the events of September 11,
> which were covered very closely by the Irish and British news
> media.  An email home told me that family members were safe,
> and as I had forgotten to unsubscribe to the Manche list, I was also
> relieved to learn that SCAdians in the target areas were unhurt.
> The Irish government declared a National Day of Mourning on
> Friday the 14th. Not only were all non-emergency government
> offices closed, but most retail businesses voluntarily closed down.
>
> On a more cheerful note, I still managed to have a great time.  We
> ate mostly pub grub, which was generally very good.  In the
> seaside town of Dingle, our fish and chips were slow in arriving,
> because the fish had just come in, and needed to be filleted.  I tried
> a variety of local cheeses, became fond of Irish breakfasts, and
> discovered that I prefer white pudding to black.  My tipple of choice
> was cider, which was invariably Bulmers.
>
> In the National Museum in Dublin, I saw a number of early medieval
> artifacts that would be period for my persona.  I'm happy to know
> that the horn spoon I've been using at feasts is quite appropriate,
> as are the shoes I wear.
>
> I also saw several of those ancient cooking pits, which use hot
> stones dropped in water to cook meat.  The accompanying sign
> explained that scientists had tested the method.  They were able
> to bring 70 gallons of water to a boil in 18 minutes, and it remained
> hot enough to cook meat for 3 hours.
>
> The highlights of the trip were (in no particular order):
> walking down the lane of a farm that was my great-great-
> grandfather's 150 years ago
> seeing the Book of Kells in person
> standing in the center of a Bronze Age stone circle, with no sounds
> audible but birdsong and the distant lowing of cows
>
> Now I have to get out the Irish cookbooks in my collection, and
> discover which recipes I have for dishes that I enjoyed over there.
>
> Brighid, glad to be home
>
>
> Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
> Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
> rcmann4 at earthlink.net
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