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Snart är det Midvinter igen!

Holmrike Blog on 2026-11-3
Snart är det dags för Midvinter eventet igen! Nordmarks äldsta event som firar Nordmarks födelse på just den platsen som det begav sig 1984. Vi vandrar ut i skogen till Gåseborgs fornborg i Järfälla. Berättar historier om förr grillar korv Läs mer read/watch more

Schwertkampf-Jahresauftakt 2027 mit Sir Aelric

SCA Osterreich - Schwertkampf on 2026-11-2
Wir beginnen das neue Jahr wie gewohnt mit Schwertkampf am Hockey-Platz im Wiener Prater. Wie in den vergangenen Jahren beehrt uns unser Lieblingsnachbar, Baron Sir Aelric of Battle vom Shire […] Der Beitrag Schwertkampf-Jahresauftakt 2027 mit Sir read/watch more

A Week of Military Rations in 1911

Culina vetus on 2026-10-30
In 1911, a cooking instructor named Reinecke published a book he hoped would improve the standard of cooking throughout the German military, the Kochbuch für deutsche Militärküchen. Despite making every effort to appear official, this was a private read/watch more

What Soup Is In A Name?

Culina vetus on 2026-10-27
Good news first: The reason you have not seen any new posts for almost a week now is that I was sick at home and had time for a bigger project: The full, commented translation of the 1887 Des Soldaten … Continue reading → read/watch more

Sweet Beer Soups

Culina vetus on 2026-10-22
I got a nasty cold exactly in exam week because my life was not fun enough – but today, I can give you two more recipes from Des Soldaten Kochbüchlein. Back in 1887, both beer and bread were still considered … Continue reading → read/watch more

Mooooosehunt 2026 resultat

Ulvberget Blog on 2026-10-20
2-4 oktober hade vi ett mycket roligt bågskytteevent i stålande solsken! Här kommer resultatet för Mooooosehunt och för den Royal Round vi sköt på söndagsförmiddagen. read/watch more

The Sauerkartoffeln Experiment

Culina vetus on 2026-10-18
Still stuck at home, but with my sense of smell and taste restored, I took the opportunity to test one of the less prepossessing recipes in Des Soldaten Kochbüchlein, I’ve been wrestling with the little piece of culinary history for … Continue read/watch more

Field Expedient Rabbit Stew

Culina vetus on 2026-10-17
An unexpected illness robbed me of a trip to Paris, but gave me the time to translate more of Des Soldaten Kochbüchlein. Today, I’m giving you the 1887 Imperial and Royal Prussian army recipe for rabbit stew: f) Rabbit Ingredients: … Continue read/watch more

Imperial German Army Soups, Part One

Culina vetus on 2026-10-14
After a thoroughly miserable yesterday spent trying and failing to get to Odense by train (cancellations and delays everywhere), I am having an unplanned day at home. Now having done chores and prepared pizza for my son, I can use … Continue reading read/watch more

Summer update

Lia's Continued Crafts on 2026-10-12
Last time I posted here was end of April. I have not done much crafts since then. In other news, I took on a new apprentice, one trial year for Gele Pechplumin as my official student. She runs the blog The lazy reenactor girl and her focus is on read/watch more

Meet Gele Pechplumin

Drachenwald Pelicans on 2026-10-12
Full name Mistress Gele Pechplumin About As many others in Nordmark, I got in touch with SCA through the Medieval week in Visby! I had visited for years, and when I finally moved to Gotland in 2010, I went to my first event; Storstyringkampen. There read/watch more

Imperial German Military Beverages

Culina vetus on 2026-10-10
After the amazing find of the 1910 field service manual of cocktail mixery (Bowlen und Pünsche für den Manöver- und Feldgebrauch der Deutschen Armee), I recently chanced on an 1887 publication called Des Soldaten Kochbüchlein (The Soldier’s Little read/watch more

TorstARN

Ulvberget Blog on 2026-10-5
När jag letade efter gamla texter kom jag över ett utkast till ytterligare Torstenlegender (TorstARN?). Det är mest ett antal stolpar att bygga vidare på. Alltid roar det någon. /Björn Hellqvist 2026-09-12 En annan legend om Torsten Ni har alla Läs read/watch more

A Culinary Grand Tour

Culina vetus on 2026-10-4
This weekend, like last year, I was invited to participate in a culinary history extravaganza by a dear friend in the Netherlands. This year’s theme was an eighteenth-century road trip through Western Europe. In Early Modern Europe, it was customary read/watch more

Fish in Onion Sauce

Culina vetus on 2026-9-30
Another instance of that expression hafen braten (pot roast) in Solothurn S 293: B35 If you want to make fish roasted in a pot (fisch in hafen braten), take onions and cut them separately, and also boil the fish separately, … Continue reading → read/watch more

Fried Chunks of Battered Custard

Culina vetus on 2026-9-27
No, really. It’s in Solothurn S 392. Medieval German cuisine is basically immersing protein-rich objects in hot fat. B32 Fried milk Item heat milk and beat eggs thoroughly in a bowl. Pour them into the hot milk and it will … Continue reading → read/watch more

Plant dyeing with walnut and madder

The lazy reenactor girl on 2026-8-26
A while back my partner and I started seeing tansy flowers in his home area, and it started the longing for more plant dyeing! Since all my dyeing stuff is in my town, we got excited when he managed to find tansy really close to my house. I had of read/watch more

Call for Letters of Intent for October Crown List

Drachenwald Blog on 2026-8-15
Good gentles of Drachenwald! It is once again time for us to seek heirs to the Crown, by time-honored combat! The tournament will take place on 10 October in the fair lands of Unikankare in the Barony of Aarnimetsa. If you would like to participate read/watch more

Medlemshäng hemma hos Benedikta 26/9-2026 kl 13:00

Holmrike Blog on 2026-8-11
Plats: Takpannevägen 83, Vallentuna.Tid: 26 september kl 13:00. Ta med dig hantverket, fightinggrejerna och bågskytteutrustningen för en eftermiddag med fika, gemenskap, lite fighting utomhus och materialsnack om bågskytte. Ta med dig fikat så ses read/watch more

The Night Before The Pursuit

The Joy of Seax on 2026-7-18
I just found this in older notes, and am reposting it. It’s from 2020. This sonnet arises from my research in historical Irish hospitality, and the way in which it was codified in law, contrasted against the story of Diarmuid & Gráinne, the read/watch more

 

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