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My green silk 14th century gown on a tower in Wales

Eva's historical costuming blog on 2026-6-30
 I had bought some of Alfhild's fabric from her widover, my friend Matti, and in a moment of madness I made a dress from green silk that used to be hers to wear at the funeral. I made it in less than three days. The seams are sewn on machin, but read/watch more

Roasting Whole Oxen

Culina vetus on 2026-6-30
There are few stereotypes about medieval food as persistent as the ‘roast beast’, and like most good stereotypes, it has a bit of truth to it. Being able to serve up an entire roast boar or ox displayed wealth and … Continue reading → read/watch more

Watch Out, Guard! – Feeding the Revolution XXVIII

Culina vetus on 2026-6-28
Among the mercenary units that kings could hire in northwestern Europe, the ‘Black Guard’ was top tier. Landsknecht soldiers in their impressive finery, they had fearsome reputation for terrorising the countryside and their legendary battlecry was read/watch more

Green Ravioli from the Solothurn MS

Culina vetus on 2026-6-25
It is quite hot and I am still quite busy, so instead of a long tale of rebellious Romans, here is a recipe from the Solothurn MS that looks vaguely suitable for summer days: B4 If you want to make … Continue reading → read/watch more

A Pair of Villanelles

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-23
On the ferry on the way to and from Drachenwald’s Midsummer Coronation, I wrote two villanelles. It’s not a difficult form, in a technical sense - the repeating lines mean there isn’t as much to write as you might think, and you’ve already set the read/watch more

Flexible Soup – Feeding the Revolution XXVII

Culina vetus on 2026-6-23
It was 9 October 1989, and the people on the streets of Leipzig were scared. Armed only with placards and hope, they were facing armed police and party militia, marching, as they had for several weeks now, through the city … Continue reading → read/watch more

Gingerbread War – Feeding the Revolution XXVI

Culina vetus on 2026-6-20
Those of us who are fascinated by the past all learned at some point that a lot of people are, shockingly, not interested in history. As we studied more, we also learned that, to paraphrase Trotsky, history was often interested … Continue reading → read/watch more

Reflections

Magdalena's kitchen on 2026-6-16
 It has been nearly a year since I last updated this blog. Not because I haven't done anything but because I just haven't thought about it. Time moves along whether I take note of it or not. I have been to events, read cook books, consulted on food read/watch more

Eggs in Aspic

Culina vetus on 2026-6-11
I have another few busy days coming up, so there will be no articles or recipes this weekend. But today, I can give you a short recipe for a galantine of hard-boiled eggs from the Solothurn MS: B1 A galantine … Continue reading → read/watch more

Solidarity Spaetzle – Feeding the Revolution XXV

Culina vetus on 2026-6-9
Stuttgart is not a city people usually associate with protest or political activism. It is a wealthy, conservative, bourgeois kind of place where they make expensive cars. That was probably why then conservative state premier Stefan Mappus did not read/watch more

Teaching Cooking by Doing Cooking

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-9
I teach a class at Strawberry Raid (and indeed, have taught it at other camping events) most years. It’s about how to cook a meal in a camp kitchen, including lighting the fire, managing the fire, selecting a recipe from a text, interpreting it read/watch more

Amateur Dramatics – Feeding the Revolution XXIV

Culina vetus on 2026-6-6
In 1774, in the midst of one of Old Europe’s rare years of peace, a force of about 500 militiamen gathered under arms. They had been called up by the ducal Bavarian Pflegsverwalter (regional administrator) Johann de Stock to suppress … Continue read/watch more

The Medieval Poetic Forms Project

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-5
This is a new meta-project, provoked in equal part by the difficulty I had in composing verse in the Welsh cywydd form, and by the Laurel Sponsored Prize Display at Strawberry Raid V in which I talked about that and other poetic forms.The plan is to read/watch more

 

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