[Sca-cooks] Documenting balsamic? & food & fertility in Renaissance Italy

[Elaine Koogler]

Urrrrmmmmm....putting on my Compleat Anachronist hat...I know of a dandy
place to publish your work.  Send your outline/proposal to CAEditor at sca.org

Kiri (Or, as CA Editor, Elaine)

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Raphaella DiContini <raphaellad at yahoo.com>wrote:

> If Eduardo gets the barrels and lets me tag along to help I'm sure we'll be
> posting lots, and lots of pictures. :) The hardest part does currently seem
> to
> be tracking down barrels in the correct sizes- and woods. Oak seems to be
> the
> most common with the others being much more rare.
>
>
> I'm currently in the process of writing up my first paper (of many
> hopefully)
> on all the information I've gathered about reproduction & medical theory in
> the
> Italian Renaissance (as well as putting together the Culinary Symposium in
> AnTir
> in April). I'm hoping to publish if I can so I'll have to check with my
> mentor
> and see if he feels it would be a good idea for me to release the paper on
> the
> Internet as well.  However, I'm always happy to share the resources I've
> tracked
> down and could organize my bibliography and pass that on to you when I have
> a
> free moment. In my search I've found lots of terrific information on
> historical
> medical practices, midwifery, etc. but felt that not all of it was
> specifically
> applicable to the focus of my research, but they may be of great interest
> to
> others. I've got reviews I've written up on some of the academic papers
> I've
> read for this, and I'd also be happy to pass on those reviews as well.
>
>
> In joyous service,
> Raffaella
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
> To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Wed, February 2, 2011 7:48:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Documenting balsamic? Slow progress
>
> Raffaella talked about her balsamic vinegar research.
>
> Please keep us informed as your research proceeds.
>
> <<< It would require finding barrels out of at least 5 of the following
> woods,
> in
> decreasing sizes - acacia, ash, cherry, chestnut, juniper, mulberry, oak
> and
> walnut. >>>
>
> Getting barrels at all seems to be a hit and miss hunt, especially out of
> different woods.
>
> coopering-msg (57K) 7/13/10 Making and maintaining barrels and kegs.
> http://www.florilegium.org/files/CRAFTS/coopering-msg.html
>
> Here is a source I just recently got. They seem to make standard barrels in
> a
> variety of standard sizes and they also say they make custom barrels. While
> this
> mainly seems to be different hoops or decorations, different woods might
> well be
> possible, provided the wood can be found. Barrel staves are usually made
> from
> radially split logs, not sawn, and this will impact the wood availability
> as
> well.
>
> http://www.1000oaksbarrel.com/
>
> <<< If I can prove the part about it being recommended to ease labor pains
> that
> would be an amazing cross over into my research on child birth and food
> recommendations during pregnancy in Renaissance Italy! >>>
>
> Have you written any articles or A&S documentation on this? I'd be
> interested in
> some information on period childbirth and pregnancy, whether specific to
> Italy
> or for our period in general. I'm afraid what I have in the Florilegium is
> rather minimal.
>
> Stefan
>
> --------
> 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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