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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

A Deibhidhe

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-5
A DeibhidheI’ve written up the rules of the deibhidhe form. It’s not an easy one to write in; the first couple of lines are easy, but the constraints increase as you go. For the first line, you just need seven syllables and some alliteration. By the read/watch more

Keeping Cherries Fresh

Culina vetus on 2026-6-5
This week was far too busy for any major writing projects, so all I have for you is a recipe from the Solothurn MS. but I think this one is interesting: A10 To have green and ripe cherries in wintertime … Continue reading → read/watch more

Irish Medieval Poetry Forms: Deibhidhe

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-4
As part of what will become the The Medieval Poetic Forms Project, I’m digging into Irish Medieval Poetry Forms. There are many; a lot of the surviving texts are poetry, or at least poetic. I’ve poked triads before, too.The form I’m currently read/watch more

Strawberry Raid Sestina

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-3
Strawberry Raid SestinaFor the Laurel Sponsored Prize Display at Cudgel Wars last year, I wrote a set of triads. For the same at Strawberry Raid this year, I wrote a sestina. Sestinas are a slight step away from my usual sonnets, but still use read/watch more

An Interview With Me

Culina vetus on 2026-6-3
Earlier this week, I got to join Thomas Ntinas for an interview on his eminently enjoyable food history podcast The Delicious Legacy. Thom graciously suffered me to talk in great detail about what I do and why it fascinates me, … Continue reading → read/watch more

Strawberry Raid V, 2026

The Joy of Seax on 2026-6-3
This isn’t so much an event report as an index post, from which I can link more posts as I make them. You can expect posts on:Thoughts on Camp CoordinationTeaching Cooking by Doing CookingThe Medieval Poetic Forms ProjectSestinas, with one I wrote read/watch more

Experimental Bouletten and a Cool Pot

Culina vetus on 2026-5-31
Once again, I am coming back from a longer absence than I had intended. I must apologise, but sadly it does not look likely that I will soon be able to return to my optimistic schedule, unless the economic crisis … Continue reading → read/watch more

The herb corner

The Irish Ages on 2026-5-25
For years my one interest in gardening Is herbs and edible flowers. I have some success and some almighty failures, the majority of herbs are grown in pots, all requiring attention one pot at a time. In full bloom This morning in the heat I moved read/watch more

the 15th century Italian gown

Eva's historical costuming blog on 2026-5-23
Before the horrible tragedy of Alfhild's death, I had a good time at Double Wars. And on Saturday I got to wear my new 15th century Italian. One of two days when it wasn't too cold and/or wet to wear a dress from brushed cotton with some read/watch more

an incredible loss

Eva's historical costuming blog on 2026-5-16
I am quoting from the social media accounts of my SCA kingdom, Drachenwald, because I don't have words in my grief."It is with profound sadness that we share the news that Baroness Alfhild de Foxley has passed away unexpectedly last night while read/watch more

 

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