[Artemisia] SCA skills in a Modern Plague

[Roxann Hatch]

Gentle Cousins,

Once again I am reminded why I love my Artemisian family. We have a great wealth 
of knowledge and are willing to share what we know. What a great "Colony" we 
would make!

As far as preserving foods, our ancestors were good at it. And if things didn't 
have optimal flavor, they ate it anyway. I think our modern palates would 
definitely need to change. There would be no more Del Monte, Chef-boy-ardee or 
Wonder Bread. Wild yeasts make great sour-dough, though it won't taste like San 
Francisco sourdough. The bread won't be as light and fluffy as the chemically 
enhanced store bought bread we can get today. Our digestive tracts would have 
some definite adjusting to do to accommodate all that newly introduced fiber! 
Queue the sanitation question again?

Meats can be preserved in many ways. Lard preservation, canning, drying, 
pickling, salting and smoking. You can do an internet search and find thousands 
of ways to smoke meats. One of the simplest methods used in our period of study 
was to hang said chunk of meat up in the chimney of the home fireplace. There 
would be smoke going 24/7. The meat would kept out of the direct heat of the 
fire by either hanging the meat close to the wall or actually making niches in 
the chimney wall for that purpose. I can imagine that meat would be quite dried 
out by the end of winter, but would also be a welcome addition to whatever 
pottage was being prepared.

Picklling is another way to preserve not only meat but vegetables as well. Most 
home grown veggies have naturally occurring lactic acid on their skins. Lactic 
acid is what keeps the bad bacteria at bay until active fermentation can take 
hold. The white film on grapes and cabbage contain yeast spores but that is also 
where the lactic acid is located. Nothing more than cabbage, salt and a large 
vessel is needed to make sauerkraut. The rest nature takes care of. 

I would happily trade my preservation skills with a seamstress or taylor to keep 
my family clothed and theirs fed!
 
Hilde  




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From: Redhawk <sca_redhawk at yahoo.com>
To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Mon, September 20, 2010 3:09:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] A New Discussion - SCA Skills in a Modern Plague

Thank you HE Morgan.  Montana will no longer exist.  So, see?  I have nothing to 
worry about. Cause I won't be here.  

back to plague......
Red

--- On Mon, 9/20/10, morgan wolf <morganblaidddu at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: morgan wolf <morganblaidddu at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] A New Discussion - SCA Skills in a Modern Plague
To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list" <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Date: Monday, September 20, 2010, 3:02 PM


First, a quick apology- my account was "spoofed" at 9:40 am today, those of you 
who have a message from me with no subject that you have not read yet, don't 
read it, just delete it.  Apologies to all for the inconvenience.

Second, regarding Redhawk being blown to bits, as noted in the book "Alas, 
Babylon", due to the large number of missile silos in MT, and Malmstrom AFB 
being a NORAD Command Center (2nd in the chain) in Great Falls specifically, 
Montana (and GF specifically) would be targeted for multiple missile hits- the 
entire state would be a blast crater/fallout zone.

On a related note, does anybody else remember in the mid-80s, when some nuclear 
material was being transported by train across the country and the anti-nuke 
protesters raced the train to every town along the route?  My high school pals 
an I got a huge laugh at the obvious non-residents waving "no nukes in our town" 

signs at a train while an Air Force warhead transport truck and escort drove 
right past them unnoticed.

 Morgan 


Baron Morgan Blaidd Du,
GHA(2), CQC, PCA, CCH;
Protege and Ghillie to Baron Master James Ulrich MacKellar, OL OP;
and Baroness Mistress Rachel Ashton, OP 



----- Original Message ----
> From: Richard Samul <scascot at mac.com>
> To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> Sent: Mon, September 20, 2010 2:18:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] A New Discussion - SCA Skills in a Modern Plague
> 
> 
> On Sep 20, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Redhawk wrote:
> 
> > Then if we had a nuclear attack, I might not have anything to worry  
> > about because the Air Force Base is on the other side of the chain  
> > link fence and I would be blown to bits.
> > Red
> 
> If you're that close to the Air Force Base during a nuclear attack,  
> there won't be "bits" to find. You'll probably have just enough time  
> to start to wonder why it got so bright and hot all of a sudden.
> 
> -- 
> Earc
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