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Showing posts with label 14th century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 14th century. Show all posts
Monday, 9 July 2012
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If anyone is interested, the original price on this book was only $11.00 hard copy, & $7.00 for an e-copy. It is less than that at present with this promotion.
Regards, Keith.
http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/KeithBurgess
If anyone is interested, the original price on this book was only $11.00 hard copy, & $7.00 for an e-copy. It is less than that at present with this promotion.
Regards, Keith.
Wednesday, 4 April 2012
18th Century Bannock or Bannoch.
I don't know how far back the recipe for the early Bannock goes in Scotland, but someone in the 14th century stated that the Scottish soldiers always carried an iron plate and a bag of oats in their pack. If you look up a recipe for bannock these days, you will find all sorts of modern ingredients, but back in the 14th to 18th centuries it was a simple mix of oats, sometimes barley, water and salt. Very often just oats and water and salt if they had any.
I have cooked Bannock in the ashes of my camp fire, and on a rock in my camp fire. It is easy to produce and makes a good trail food. Recently I was asked to make a video of making Bannock, so I made Bannock in my kitchen which was a lot easier to video. Instead of using a Girdle, later known as a griddle, I used my black iron pan.
I have cooked Bannock in the ashes of my camp fire, and on a rock in my camp fire. It is easy to produce and makes a good trail food. Recently I was asked to make a video of making Bannock, so I made Bannock in my kitchen which was a lot easier to video. Instead of using a Girdle, later known as a griddle, I used my black iron pan.
About a cupped handful of oats and the same of barley flour is a quarter of a cup, which is enough for one small Bannock. Or you can use just oats. Salt to taste if you wish.
Mix the ingredients together and then add enough water to make a stiff paste.
Shape the bannock dough and place in a pan or place on a hot rock or in the ashes. I use a little oil or grease when using a pan.
Don't make your fire up too hot, you want the Bannock to cook right through not just burn on the outside.
Turn occasionally to check how it is cooking. Once it is toasted or browned on both sides and a test with a knife confirms it is cooked inside, then it is ready to remove from the pan.
A Girdle or Griddle and a Bannock spade.
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Faint Heart Video Review.
I have watched this movie twice now, and it is without doubt one of the best. My wife recently purchased Faint Heart, because it is one of those movies that can stand re-watching.
Made in the UK, you can guarantee it is well made. This is the story of a reenactor who is so wrapped up in his enjoyment of reenacting with his local group that he tends to lose track of real life needs & the needs of others in his family. The cast in this movie are great, there are some real charracters. This movie is funny, it has a story to tell, & it has a great ending.
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Made in the UK, you can guarantee it is well made. This is the story of a reenactor who is so wrapped up in his enjoyment of reenacting with his local group that he tends to lose track of real life needs & the needs of others in his family. The cast in this movie are great, there are some real charracters. This movie is funny, it has a story to tell, & it has a great ending.
NOT TO BE MISSED!
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Ring Brooches For The 18th Century.
Jason said...
"I am curious to know where you found an original 18th century brass blanket pin like this. There are certainly tons of silver shirt buckles.... There arent any surviving examples that are hefty enough to be used to secure a blanket though. Shirt buckles were relatively small and delicate in comparison".
These images below are all originals, but copies are available. They range in size from 2cm to 2 inches or more. They were made from iron, brass and silver. The Ring Brooch was popular from the medieval period right through to the 18th century, and they are still used today on kilts.
Remember what I have told you before, early items can be used later, but later items can't be used earlier.
Sorry this original is fuzzy, but I could not get a large image of it. It is in fact one and a half inches wide, the same size and type as my copy below.
A broken original the same size as those above.
A 17th century Ring Brooch.
This one titled an original Fur Trade Brooch.
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
New England Medieval Arts Society. NEMAS in Armidale NSW.
A little too early for me, but they are an Armidale Living History group and I feel they deserve a plug on this blog. A close friend of mine started this group about the same time as I started my group.
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
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