[WurmWald] Lenten Social -- Sunday April 9

[Bran Chandler]

Yana,

I'll be there for both the cooking and the dinner.  Yum...:)

Let me know what I can do to help.

Bran

Bran Chandler of Wurm Wald
mka B.A. Davis-Howe
Wurm Wald Pursuivant

Jenn/Yana said:
> So, in lieu of our usual Arts and Science day where we
> get together at the Urbana Free Library, we're going
> to instead meet at my place ('cause we currently have
> no where else to meet) and cook and eat and socialize!
>
> At the Feb meeting we chose to do Lenten food, in part
> because the timing is perfect (it's the Sunday before
> Western Easter) and because there are a lot of great
> Lent -friendly medieval recipes out there. As for what
> foodstuffs we will be using, in the iddle Ages, it
> really depends on what time-frame you're talking
> about, so I'll leave it up to the individual cook to
> determine what is "Lenten." Generally, meat (but not
> fish), milk, butter, and cheese are considered things
> to abstain from. But since we're eating on a Sunday,
> which was usually considered a Feast day, even during
> Lent, I think we can be flexible. But do try to stay
> in the spirit of things, just for fun's sake.
>
> So, basically, we need to figure out what we are
> cooking and who is coming. People will need to RSVP,
> but only so that we all know what amount to cook. And
> I'd like to know how many people to expect, since my
> place isn't huge. But I'm sure we can all squish in.
>
> So...recipes. Take a look at the websites below to
> start. If there is a dish you'd like to make that you
> can't find a recipe for, let me know and I'll look
> through my cookbook collection.
>
> RSVP. Just let me know if you are planning on coming
> and how many of you there will be. Cooking starts at
> 2:00 (unless there are dishes that need to be started
> earlier) and eating will start as soon as Court is
> over (just kidding), sometime around 5:30. I'll give
> you directions to my place when you RSVP.
>
> We need to figure out something about donations or
> Shire reimbursement for food and paper plates and
> such. Bera, can you find out if we can use any Shire
> funds for this, since all Shire members are invited?
> At the meeting, we set a $100 budget, but in looking
> through the Exchequer handbook, I couldn't find out
> anything about local-expenditures involving food.
>
> Okay, let the discussion begin!
>
> --Yana
> ======================
> Great article by one of my old Shire members on
> keeping Lent in the Middle Ages
> <http://anvil.unl.edu/agnes/RecreatingLent.htm>
>
> Lenten menus and recipes
> <http://www.ostgardr.org/cooking/msc.mar2003.html>
> <http://thorngrove.typepad.com/table/2005/02/today_is_ash_we.html>
> <http://www.thefoody.com/hsoup/frumenty.html>
> <http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/cariadoc/recipe_toc.html>
> <http://www.godecookery.com/allrec/allrec.htm>
> <http://www.coquinaria.nl/english/recipes/03.2histrecept.htm>
> <http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/Mid-Lent-Dnnr-art.html>