[WurmWald] Lenten Social -- Sunday April 9

[sjfrench@uiuc.edu]

Of Course, I'll be there too!  What can I make/do to help?

           -Marina

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 15:30:50 -0500 (CDT)
>From: "Bran Chandler" <ametrine at gundo.com>  
>Subject: Re: [WurmWald] Lenten Social -- Sunday April 9  
>To: "Shire of Wurm Wald mailing list" 
<wurmwald at wurmwald.org>
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>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>
>
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Stephanie French, U of IL Vet Med
Class of 2007
MS Candidate, Reproductive Physiology
IAAAM Co-Vice President
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ARAV Secretary
AAZV 3rd Year Rep
Chambana Medievalists President
Chatelaine for the Shire of Wurm Wald

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