[Sca-cooks] Rom, Turks and children

[Stefan li Rous]

Tsara replied:
>> Tsara said:
>>>  My name is Tsara. I am I Gyldenholt. I think I spelled that right? That
>>> Orange County California.
>>
>> Is that your SCA persona name? or your real name?
> Oh sorry still a little new to all of this. I found this list by accident.
> My person is Rom/ Gypsy. My husband is also but his Rom people come from
> Russia. I personal am undecided. I am trying to figure that out. Mari is my
> real name.

Yes, I must have overlooked the fact that you had your real names listed in
your email header.
You might find these files in the Florilegium CULTURES section of interest:

Gypsies-art       (14K)  4/ 7/02    "Gypsies in Period" by Sayidda Rakli Zada
                                       Orlenda.
Gypsies-msg       (60K)  9/ 4/02    Gypsy culture. Also called Rom or Romani.

>> It probably depends upon your definition of "period". Where and when? Shish
>> kabobs might be period for the medieval Middle East but not Europe.
>
> My son claims to Rom of Turkish in origin. So that was part of the reasoning
> behind it. It a fair amount of searching find a recipe that was Turkish for
> the kabob. I went with an olive oil, wine marinade. Eggplant, onions,
> mushrooms.

You can watch the Rom move across Turkey and Europe in the records. Although
the records indicate when they were first noted down, not when they actually
first reached a region, I would keep that in mind when you are picking a time
and place for your Rom personas. ie: A Rom persona in 13th century Turkey
might be plausible (I've not looked up the actual dates) a Rom in 13th century
  England would not.

In the FOOD-BY-REGION section. Not much, but a start:
fd-Turkey-msg     (10K)  8/ 1/01    Medieval Turkish food. References. Recipes.

fd-Mid-East-msg   (48K)  7/24/02    Period food of the Middle East. Recipes.

> I have to say the one we chose was not what I had planed. We got there late
> so we could not shoot. However my husband who had not really found his thing
> in the sca was might have fallen in love with archery.

Crossbow or longbow? Combat or target?
He might want to look through the ARCHERY and the ARCHERY-FAQ sections.


> The boys did not mind at.
>
>  Quen had a good time even though the lady who had was in charge of the kids
> did not show up. We found 1 little boy his age and we played with the
> balloons for a long time. Then we watched dogs who practiced going through
> an obstacle course.

Take a look through the CHILDREN section for some children's activity ideas.
The Ministers of Children and their activities are usually not full day
affairs. They are not meant as baby-sitters, although we have had problems
with some parents treating them that way. If you can find some more parents of
similar aged kids that may help. Then you can trade off supervision times.


> I wish I had finished our cloaks. So that what I am working on right now.

Yes, a cloak was the first major piece of clothing I made. Actually my mother
made it. A big, thick one. And she swore she would never do it again. Although
she did make a nice, improved version for my girlfriend, now my wife.
Perhaps this might help, in the CLOTHING section:

cloaks-msg        (53K) 11/16/99    Cloaks, cloak pins and clasps.

Stefan
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