I offered to create the 12th Night menu, and coordinate feast, nearly a year prior to the event date. I had been dreaming of doing a period German Feast since I had started the SCA more than 15 years ago — and the desire was tickled even more so after completing some research started for…
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Wassail 2016
I had the honor of being the event steward for our Wassail celebration in the Barony this past winter. This is the longest running revel our group has held. Our Baronial Wassail used to be a great gathering place for those who have distanced themselves from the group in one way or another and this…
Canton Library Demo – An Exercise in Comparisons
Compare and contrast has always been one of my favorite ways of both learning and teaching. This past year we had the honor of holding a demonstration at the Canton Library. We were told that the audience would primarily be young children and families. I wanted to create a display directed towards children where they…
Pennsic 2016 A&S Display
With much encouragement from my dear friend Kathrine, I finally entered the Pennsic A&S display this past year at Pennsic! Many people were shocked to know that I had never entered. The truth is this was my first Pennsic not being Baroness in about five years — so there was really never the time for…
Celtic Festival Demo – Oatcakes!
Our Celtic Festival demonstration for our Barony is honestly one of my favorite events and something I look forward to every year. (I wish only that it weren’t too close to Pennsic prep-time, but what can you do!?) This year’s demo was just as anticipated for me and I took the opportunity to “up” my…
Regional and Kingdom A&S 2016
I’ve been meaning to post about my A&S experience this year…and wanted to wait until after Kingdom happened. And this is a bit beyond that! The trials of having a blog, right!? So, here I am better late than never! I’m glad to be able to enter A&S after a short break because…life. Big life…but…
Crown Tournament Feast 2015
The evening of 12th Night, 2013, just as the site was closing and the last of the staff were cleaning the site — I was thanking everyone for staying and helping, as a Baroness will do. We were just finishing up in the kitchen where I was contemplating the wondrous feast that head chef Renaude…
A Birthday Celebration – Luncheon Feast
One Saturday in May several of us gathered for a fun event called “The Half Century Holiday”. This event was sponsored by our Barony and was held as a birthday celebration in honor of Her Grace, Anne Marie. There was fighting, classes, A&S and everything typical of an SCA Event. I had the honor of being…
The Salon…an emergency exercise in finger foods
About two days prior to the Baronial event “St. Cecilia at the Tower, ” I had been chatting with His Excellency when he informed me that, in addition to the other duties he’d have to perform that weekend as our Baronial figurehead, he was planning to have to cook something for a Baronial event that weekend. Having…
A German Vigil Feast for Genoveva
My good friend Genoveva von Lübeck is going to be inducted into the Order of the Laurel. I am so happy and proud of her. I offered my help in any way possible — and she gave me the pleasure of asking me to help with the food for her first vigil! It was held in our Barony…