[Sca-cooks] Introductions.. And Meat Pies

[Stefan li Rous]

   Vladimir Armbruster commented in a pair of messages:
> *raises an eyebrow*
> Canning.
> Compost.
>
> Doc, I'm a little afraid.  What is compost?

I'm not Doc, but compost is basically a pickled mix of vegetables and 
fruits. It looks like it might have been a progressive thing, where you 
started with the harvests first crop, pickled it, and then continued to 
add some of each successive item and more pickling juice as the harvest 
season progressed.
In the FOOD section of the Florilegium:
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compost-msg??????(72K)?3/ 7/05???A pickled food of fruits and 
vegetables.
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canning-msg??????(36K) 10/28/03???Use of canning in the SCA. Directions.

> *chuckles* Thank you Stefan..  I really need to learn how to utilize
> that wonderful...  list.. You have.

I assume you are familiar with how to use a web browser? When you get 
to the Florilegium, scroll down the left-hand pane until you find the 
subject you wish to investigate and click on it. This will bring up a 
file listing, including a description of the files in that section. 
Then pick the file you wish to read. The HTML formatted version will 
come up on your screen. If you need the text or RTF format, then these 
can be chosen using the buttons at the top of the file.

There is a filelist of all of the files in the Florilegium. It is about 
45 pages long when printed out. Unfortunately, the copy on the website 
is woefully out-of-date. I have just emailed you (Vladimir) a copy. If 
anyone else wants a copy in RTF format, just let me know and I'll email 
it.

If you go to the top page of the Florilegium, you will also find a 
search engine. Sometimes that is a good way to find something that may 
be in several files.

> (I simply cannot say Florilegium without hearing 'Flagellum' in my
> brain, and cosequently 'flogger', so to me.. its the list.)

Well it's Latin, so I really don't know how it is actually supposed to 
be pronounced.

The subjects in the Florilegium are wide-ranging and there are some 
files that some folks would consider a bit unusual for their tastes. 
However since you mention it, you might be interested in these files:
whips-msg         (14K)  6/20/00    Medieval whips. Construction and 
use.
chasity-belts-msg (14K)  9/12/97    Chasity belts in the Middle Ages.
leather-msg       (86K)  7/25/04    Working with leather. tanning.

or...
ear-wax-msg        (3K) 10/ 3/00    Use of ear wax in period.
urine-uses-msg     (6K) 10/ 6/99    Period uses of animal and human 
urine.

:-)
Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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