[Sca-cooks] marinated vegetables and transporting pavilions

[Stefan li Rous]

Maire commented:
> Whether we look at ourselves in the same light depends on the 
> individual
> and his or her areas of expertise.  No one does it all.  I probably 
> know
> more about tentage than most Artemisians, for instance, but still camp
> in a nylon pimple tent, because it's not cost effective for me to 
> invest
> that much money into camping gear I use only two or three weekends a
> year at most (never mind the impossibility of hauling it in my friend's
> Nissan).  I'd rather be buying books, or fiber, or fabric. ;-)
I understand, but perhaps you or others in a similar situation might be 
interested in some of the comments in this file in the STRUCTURES 
section of the Florilegium:
tent-transprt-msg (10K) 12/27/01    Transporting tents and pavilions.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/DWELLINGS/tent-transprt-msg.html

Of course for those looking for more unusual solutions, see this file 
in the TRAVEL section:
SCA-transport-msg (17K)  9/19/04    Typical and unusual SCA vehicles and
                                        transportation.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/TRAVEL/SCA-transport-msg.html

And I have noticed that often the longer someone is in the SCA, the 
larger their vehicles get. :-)
> When I think of the
> first feast I helped with, which featured vegetables marinated in
> Italian dressing, and roasted turkey legs, I just laugh.
We've discussed period turkey here a number of times, so I just want to 
ask about these marinated vegetables. Are there any similar period 
recipes that do something similar? How does this marinating in oil help 
with the vegetables? Does it soak into the vegetable and make it more 
tender? Or is it just for flavoring? Is this just for grilled 
vegetables?
> These days,
> give me my copy of _Woven Into the Earth_, and some yummy period food,
> and I'm a happy camper.
This _Woven Into the Earth_ is a book on period textiles? Review? 
Comments? I don't think I've heard of this book before, though that may 
be because I'm not on the right mail lists. Unfortunately, since topics 
such as textiles and clothing have left the Rialto (rec.org.sca), I 
don't get the exposure to some of this stuff in passing that I used to 
get. But I don't have time for any more mail lists. :-(

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          
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