[Sca-cooks] Stefan's Florilegium files for February

[Stefan li Rous]

Greetings to the Gentles on the SCA-Cooks list,

Here is a copy of my Florilegium article for February, describing  
what is new in the Florilegium this month.

There are now hundreds of SCA and medieval oriented mail lists. There  
is no way I can keep up with more than a few of these. If you see a  
message or message thread on a public mail list that you think would  
make a good addition to the Florilegium, please send me a copy  
including the message header so the author gets credit. Articles are  
especially nice. I will give credit for forwarding the message or  
leave the forwarder anonymous, as desired.

If you will be going to Gulf Wars in March, I will be teaching my  
class on the Florilegium, twice. For those interested in pewter  
casting, I will also be teaching my hands-on pewter casting class  
using carved soapstone molds as well. Please check the official class  
schedule for the specific days and times. If you would like to come  
by and visit and talk about the Florilegium or practically anything  
else, i will be camping with my barony, just across the road from the  
Ansteorra gate.

Stefan
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A Blending of the Past and Present

Over the past sixteen years in an ongoing effort, I have been  
collecting bits of useful information from various newsgroups, mail  
lists and articles submitted to me by their authors. In order to make  
this information available to others, I have placed this information  
in a series of files I call Stefan's Florilegium.

The Florilegium is on the web at: http://www.florilegium.org

I am always interested in new articles. If you have written an  
article that would be of interest to others in the SCA, please send  
it to me for possible inclusion in the Florilegium. Contact me for  
more details.

I am also interested in volunteers who might be interested in helping  
me maintain the Florilegium. Everything from collecting materials,  
editing and web work is needed. Again, please contact me for more  
details.

For those who would like to help support the Florilegium project in  
another way, I have added a PayPal donation button on the top page of  
the site. Any donations, while not tax deductible, do help pay the  
overhead costs of keeping the site running.

      THLord Stefan li Rous   Ansteorra    stefan at florilegium.org

Here are the new files for this month:
In the ANIMALS section:
    sheep-lambs-msg      Medieval sheep and lambs. Breeds.
In the FEASTS section:
    Spanish-Feast-art    A Spanish Feast cooked by Mistress Jadwiga
                            Zajaczkowa at the Conviencia 2 event.
In the FOOD-BOOKS section:
    online-ckbks-lst     A list of online medieval cookbooks and food
                            manuscripts by Thomas Grozier.
In the PERFORMANCE ARTS section:
    CF-Drink-Sngs-art    Campfire Drinking Songs collected by Lord
                            Gyric of Otershaghe.
In the PERSONA section:
    Persona-Play-art     "Persona Play: A Suggestion for the Dream"
                            by THL Caitlin Christiana Wintour.
In the PLANTS, HERBS AND SPICES section:
    p-fertilizer-msg     Use and composition of period fertilizers.

Here are some of the updated files.
    books-food-msg       Books about food. Not cookbooks.
    p-tableware-msg      Period tableware. Period references
    fruit-citrus-msg     Period citrus fruits. Recipes.
    livestock-msg        Medieval livestock. Pigs, cattle, sheep.
    lovage-msg           A medieval vegetable similar to celery.
    presrvd-lemons-msg   Dried, pickled and salted preserved lemons.
    rec-in-verse-msg     Period recipes written in a verse format.
    royal-deaths-msg     Stories of the best SCA royal deaths.

Now that we are in the depths of winter, I thought I would highlight  
a few of the files in the Florilegium which deal with this season.
    Candlemas-msg        Candlemas celebrations.
    cld-weath-cmp-msg    Cold weather camping at SCA events.
    cloaks-msg           Cloaks, cloak pins and clasps.
    p-toasting-msg       Toasting customs in period. References.
    wassail-msg          Spiced cider and ale drinks. Traditions.
    Winter-Feast-art     A 12th Night Feast served near Hamburg,
                            Germany in 2004 by Giano Balestriere.
    wintr-sports-lnks    Links to info on medieval winter sports
                            by Dame Aoife Finn of Ynos Mon.
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Copyright 2007, Mark S. Harris.
Permission to reprint in SCA-related publications is hereby granted  
if the contents are left unchanged and the author is notified of the  
publication. Notification may be by email and reformatting is allowed.

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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
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****