[Sca-cooks] Dill pickles
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Mon Jan 29 19:05:53 PST 2007
Alex commented:
<<< In looking at things my granddaughter could do for an arts and
science comp
this summer, and she eating a dill pickle at the time, we thought that
pickles might be a fun project to do, as she could grow the cucumbers
herself, and put together the pickling and so on. Since she does
like dill
pickles I thought we could add growing her own herbs as well.>>>
There are several files in the PLANTS, HERBS AND SPICES section of
the Florilegium that might be of use in growing the herbs or in
documenting them:
A-Mazng-Herbs-art (5K) 8/31/01 "A-Mazing-Herbs" by Countess Tessa
of the Gardens, OP.
Basic-Herbs-art (6K) 11/ 2/02 "Basic List of Herbs"
by HL Suzanna the herbalist.
herbs-msg (124K) 9/17/04 Herbs used in period and how they
were used.
Modern sources.
Herbs-Sm-Grdn-art (32K) 10/10/01 "Medieval Herbs for the Very
Small Garden"
by Jadwiga Zajaczkowa.
<<< I tried looking at the flory-thing and saw some leads for
cucumbers in
general (Looks like we're adding some mint to the list so we can try the
yogurt and mint cucumbers) but the link to picking was broken. >>>
I assume this is the one you are speaking of?
cucumbers-msg (12K) 5/17/01 Medieval and period cucumbers.
Recipes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-VEGETABLES/cucumbers-msg.html
I was recently approached by a reader who commented I didn't have
much on cucumbers in the Florilegium. After discussing this, he wrote
an article. I've finished editing it, but haven't uploaded it to the
site yet. If there is interest, I will do so ASAP.
Cucumbers-Hst-art (8K) 1/15/07 "Medieval and Ancient History of the
Cucumber" by Ian of Oertha.
When I joined the SCA, I wasn't aware that there were other pickled
vegetables than cucumbers. So all pickles were cucumbers to me.
However, quite a number of vegetables other than cucumbers were, and
are, pickled. So those are also possibilities. Perhaps planting
several types of vegetables might be good insurance against your area
not being a good one for cucumbers or various diseases or other pests.
Which link to "picking" was broken? Or did you mean pickling? Either
way, once I find out that an internal link in the Florilegium is
broken, I can usually fix it within a day. This is difficult though
when I don't know there is a problem.
I do have these files on pickling, but I just checked them and found
no problems with the links to them from the index pages.
pickled-foods-msg (130K) 2/ 6/06 Medieval pickled food. recipes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/pickled-foods-msg.html
pickled-meats-msg (58K) 10/11/01 Period pickled meats. Lord's
Salt. recipes.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/pickled-meats-msg.html
Compost is a medieval dish consisting of a variety of pickled
vegetables and fruits.
compost-msg (82K) 8/25/06 A pickled food of fruits and
vegetables.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/compost-msg.html
There are also these files on vinegar in the FOOD section:
Vinegar-art (20K) 6/26/01 "What's so special about
Vinegar?" by
Mistress Christianna MacGrain.
Vinegar-NJFCC-art (18K) 10/23/01 "Vinegar: Not Just for Cleaning
Coffeepots"
by THL Mirin ben DhIarmait.
vinegar-msg (88K) 5/18/06 Vinegar in period. Making vinegar.
<<< Anyone have some leads to the pickling? >>>
Okay, this is why I suspected you were looking for into on pickling
and not picking. However, I do have this file on picking fruits and
vegetables:
sel-frts-veg-msg (18K) 6/28/00 Selecting the best fruits and
vegetables.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD/sel-frts-veg-msg.html
<<< I figure we'll need to be
purchasing seeds and such pretty soon to start our plants indoor, and
wanted
to make sure that the cucumbers, dill and mint were the only plants we
needed to start.>>>
Those are not uncommon herbs and plants so they shouldn't be
difficult to find. There is this file though:
seeds-msg (66K) 5/24/06 Sources for period plants and seeds.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/PLANTS/seeds-msg.html
I seem to remember comments though that many herbs grow better from
seedlings than from seeds. You might want to check into this.
Good luck to you and your granddaughter with this project. Please let
us know how it goes.
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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