[Sca-cooks] hand cleansing with dry, powdery stuff
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Fri Mar 2 16:04:30 PST 2012
Urtatim said:
<<< We will start with hand-cleansing as recommended in Ibn Sayyar al-
Warraq - with dry powdery stuff. Hand washing was the autocrat's idea.
I pointed out ISAW has two chapters on hand cleansing compounds, and
the autocrat quite liked the idea. This should be fun and, well,
different. >>>
We've had a few discussions on medieval hand-cleansing before, but I
it was usually with a scented water, not dry powdery stuff. Probably a
difference between a non-desert and a desert environment.
Handwashing-art (22K) 2/24/02 "Scented Handwaters For Feasts and
Dayboards" by Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/Handwashing-art.html
For a while this seemed to be an up and coming fad at SCA feasts, but
I haven't heard much of it lately. I don't think it ever caught on in
Ansteorra.
Urtatim, could you give us some more details and/or recipes from Ibn
Sayyar al-Warraq? Or course, an article similar to Mistess Jadwiga's
on this different type of hand cleansing that I could add to the
Florilegium would be much appreciated.
How do you keep this sprinkling of dry powder from being a problem
inside a feast hall, as opposed to being outside? Use of a bowl held
by another servant?
Thanks,
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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