[Sca-cooks] Stefan's Florilegium article for April

[Stefan li Rous]

Greetings to the Gentles of the SCA-Cooks list,

Here is a copy of my April Florilegium article detailing what is new  
in the Florilegium this month.

I am in the middle of creating a list of desired articles for the  
Florilegium and will post the list on the site. If you've tried to  
find something in the Florilegium and couldn't find it or you have  
some other ideas of articles you would like to see, please email me  
your suggestions and I will add them to the list. If anyone is  
looking for something to research, take a look at this list and see  
if something looks interesting to you.

Thanks,
    Stefan
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A Blending of the Past and Present

Over the past seventeen 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 collection 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. A&S documentation  
and class handouts will also often work out well.

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.

      THLord Stefan li Rous   Ansteorra    stefan at florilegium.org

Here are the new files for this month:
In the BEVERAGES section:
    barley-water-msg     Period barley water. A non-alcoholic drink.
In the ENTERTAINMENT section:
    Teetotms-Dreid-art   "Teetotums and Dreidels" by THL Dagonell
                            Collingwood of Emerald Lake.
In the FOOD-BREADS section:
    Bagels-art           "Period Bagels?" by Mairi Ceilidh.
In the PERFORMANCE-ARTS section:
    Firecrawling-art     "Fyrecrawling 101" by THL Thomas Whitehart,
                            aka True Thomas the Storyteller.

This month there are only a few new files since I've been  
concentrating on updating a bunch of the older ones. Here are a few  
of the updated files.
    books-food-msg       Books about food. Not cookbooks.
    breakfast-msg        What's for breakfast? SCA and period.
    cakes-msg            Period cakes and cake recipes.
    casting-msg          Casting pewter and other metals.
    birds-recipes-msg    Bird recipes. Squabs, pheasants, quail.
    chd-actvites-msg     Children's activities for SCA events.
    children-msg         Children in the SCA and period.
    chocolate-msg        History and description of early chocolate.
    desserts-msg         Medieval and SCA dessert recipes. Sweets.
    fd-Italy-msg         Period Italian food. Cookbooks.
    fd-Mongols-msg       Food of the Mongols. Recipes.
    garum-msg            Roman fish sauces made from fermented fish.
                            Also includes comments on liquamen.
    gourds-msg           Gourds, pumpkins, squash. Recipes.
    infusions-msg        Period infusions. Herbal "teas". Barley tea.
    lentils-msg          Period lentil dishes and comments on lentils
    privvies-msg         Managing privvies at SCA events.
    sugar-msg            Sugar and other medieval sweeteners.
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Copyright 2008, Mark S. Harris. Permission to reprint in SCA-related  
publications is hereby granted if the file descriptions are left  
unchanged. Removing any of the updated files listed in order to fit  
the article into limited publication space is allowed.  The article  
introduction may also be edited, provided the web address and contact  
info are retained.

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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 ****