[Sca-cooks] Anything going on ?

[Laura Minnick]

Well, I'm not doing much at the moment. I'm having some fairly 
significant health issues, and spending most of my time dealing with that.

I did go to Egils though, and fed 9 in camp, and... I don't know how 
many Saturday night for dinner. Still working on Frankish stuff, and it 
went well, except- a major fair with the roast. I don't know what 
happened- everything was the same- roast, pan, coals- but when I went to 
get it out, it mooed at me. I had a small breakdown in the bushes behind 
the kitchen, then came back to my horrified helpers, and said 'Ok, we go 
on. This is what we're going to do...' and we went on with dinner, with 
a revised menu. Everyone was fed and I don't think the guests knew any 
different.

I also made cheese in camp, which was a first. I got some basic 
instructions and recipes from Maeve, hung it up to drip before I left 
for market* and then took it down while I was doing  prep (it was part 
of the dessert). It worked wonderfully, and I'm likely to do it again.

*I had an idea that I would go into town to the farmer's market and get 
my fresh produce there. Didn't work- the produce was lovely, but about 
three times the standard supermarket price. I couldn't in good 
conscience use our camp's food money that way, so I ended up going on to 
the Safeway from there. The only thing I did get was fennel- fennel is 
hard to find, and I couldn't be sure it was available at Safeway. The 
fennel was gorgeous- firm, fat bulb, brilliant white. and it was very tasty!

An Tir September Crown is next weekend, and I'm going, but camping with 
#1 daughter, and she's feeding me, so all I have to bring is my tent and 
personal stuff. I think it will be nice, being able to relax, and leave 
camp without worrying about being on a strict timetable for meal prep.

Liutgard


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