[Artemisia] Estrella -siege cooking

[Aghren the Brus]

I think it was listed as the feasts of St Martinian and St Georgia. Those ring a bell in my foggy-war memory...

 

FYI and for your fun - I have the dried herbs that we had to identify too and will gladly bring them to Collegium. We got the feast dates right (so we knew that it was not during lent which would have changed the appropriate food substantially what can be eaten during Lent and all). The only mystery scenario time element or ingredient that we missed during the competition was "a white liquid in a jar" which was tart in taste and semi-solid. We identifed it as buttermilk (and used it as such to marinate the pork tenderloin) but it was indeed Kefir (a less solid form of yogurt).

The competition is as much a test and a learning experience as any test at war. An army has always moved on its stomach and more than one war was lost to the embarassment of stravation.

 

I love the way Atemesia rolls!

 

YIS as always,

your baker, Agren


"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time." from J Taylor


 

> From: caointiarn1 at bresnan.net
> To: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:29:45 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Estrella -siege cooking
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> From: Aghren the Brus
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> Thank you for the recognition for the win (2 years in a row) <> Prizes
> aside, we all learned as it was indeed a challenge to indentify all of the
> given food, determine the period and location based on fighting the Golden
> Horde to regain Kiev. It was also given the time of year based on the feast
> of a given Saint. Does anyone know what Saints' feasts are at or about the
> same time as St Valentines? Oh, and one more twist was added. We were at war
> and were given what could be spared. 
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> Aghren the Brus
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> So you had to identify groceries, know the ( historical) region, and a
> specific time period as well as memorization of the Catholic calendar?
> Wow. Too much for my tiny brain.
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> BTW: Feb 10th: St Scholastica , Sir William of Maleval 
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> Feb 11th: St Adolph, 
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> Feb 12th: St Eulalia, The 7 founders of the "Servants of the Virgin Mary" or
> Servite Order 
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> Feb 13th: St Martinian
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> Feb 14th (actually 2 different saints named Valentine)
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> Feb 15th: St Georgia or Georgette, St Faustinus
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> Feb 16th: St Elias, and St Juliana of Nicomedia
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> No one stands out as being more known than the Valentine saints Feast day. 
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> Maistreas Caointiarn (who does keep Lives of the Saints close at hand)
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