frualeydis | Clothes, bodies and gender - and a planned SCA feast (Reply)

As always...

I'm feeling lazy and tired, probably due to pain from a weather change (from cold and dry to sleet) but I am at least working on a blog post I've been asked to write by the Textile Museum. 900 words, it should be possible to finish today. its about clothes, gender and bodies in the Middle Ages, which I feel that I have been writing/talking about constantly for 15 years now ;)

Rickard was away over the weekend, in Copenhagen to play X-wing and he's working the evening shift today, so I'm working from home so that I can be around him (and avoid the sleet). Maja is out on town with a friend.

I will work a couple of hours and then I'll go to the gym. I feel that I enjoy it more than I thought would be possible.

Oh, and I finished a scroll yesterday, as well as baking all the pies for the SCA event the coming weekend on Friday and Saturday. They are now in the freezer.

Anna and I did some planning for the cooking of the feast, and I made a document with all the recipes - since the new baron and baroness will wear 15th century Italian I've used Italian recipes from that period (or slightly earlier)

This is the menu:

On the table as we start:

Bread, salt, olive oil, olives

Antipasti (I don't know it that is the period term, but the order and idea was the same)

Insalate - green salad with lots of fresh spices

Finochio - Fennel braised in olive oil

Fave Fresche con Brodo di Carne - Fresh fava beans cooked in meat broth

Pasta

Lasini – Lasgna made by cooking home made pasta made from fermented dough and layering with mozzarella and cinnamon. It's incredibly yummy.

Insalata di sparagi - aspargus with lemon and orange juice dressing

Primi Piatti

Florentine potage from meat, thickened with breadcrumbs, eggs and cheese - very filling

Torta d’herbe alla Lombarda – pies with spinach, parsley and fresh mint, eggs, cream cheese and mozzarella.