Elsa's Event Write-Ups
In Reverse-Order, because we all know the most recent is probably what you're most interested in. ;-) --Elsa (talk) 14:54, 29 April 2013 (PDT)
Calontir's Cook's Symposium 2013
As posted on the Mooneschadowe list, 4-29-2013, when Jean Paul asked how the event went.
I thought was several kinds of awesome. Let me describe the event:
Friday night is social - people saunter in as their time allows, and since this is a gathering of cooks, someone brings nice wine, someone else has home-brew, someone has a collection of cheeses (some of which may or may not be banned), and someone else has bread. When Sabine and I got in around midnight, the party was fairly quiet in decibel but well attended.
The classes on Saturday are a nice blend of hands-on and show and tell. Many classes have a "here, taste this" component when they are not "let me show you this hard-to-find resource." Teaching classes is gratifying because the audience knows how to use the thing you brought as an example of how your recipe can go wrong. :-) Her Majesty Calontir [Catalina] participated in classes and brought grace and beauty to the day.
Feast is "potluck" in that people bring things that they've made at home or on site in the course of their classes [sausages, some bread, Rumpoldt's apples]. There were several kinds of sausages, lots of breads, exotic desserts, and fancy vegetables (including armored turnips). Everything was tasty and plentiful. And the company was lovely and interesting and engaged.
I think we'll be better able to tell stories at the Revel - about the Food of the Bayeaux Tapestry [and shown on a large scale in the thread by a person recreating a section], and Nostradamus's opinion of what to do with cherries [mash them into jelly, and make the pulp into fruit leather], and how to start translating German works from the 1400's into tasties to share [most markedly Rumpoldt's work by Mistress Gwen Cat].
~Elsa
Class List
Classes I Attended:
- A Cook's Book of Hours by Brother Francis of Paola
- Gwen Cat Shares Her Books by Mistress Catrin von Berlin
- Andelusian and Arabic Sauces by HL Jaida de Leon
- Food in the Bayeaux Tapestry by Melisent McAffee [with visuals and the in-process Tapestry! I was in-and-out]
- No-Hassle Yeast Bread for Feast by HL Elsa
- Nostradamus's Recipe for Cherry Jelly by Lord Dov
Other Classes Available:
- Cheese Making by Lady Hedewig
- Finding Resources by Lady Hedewig
- Food Safety by Lady Amelyn
- German Beer by Lady Elyssa
- Getting Started in Outdoor Cooking by Cathus
- Hands On Apples from Rumpolt
- Hands On Mustard Making Class by Mistress Gwen a'Brook [I took this class in 2011]
- Hands On Making Sausages Class by HL Aline
- Hard Cheeses (The Care and Feeding of Your Spoiled Milk) [discussion only] by HL Lisette
- Hearth Cooking by HL Giraude
- How to be a Feast Steward by Mistress Gwyneth
- Oh Deer!, Playing with Venison by Herrick
- Portable Feasting by Mistress Gwyneth
