Reposting here with permission; thought it might interest those of you who
were at CC28 in Milwaukee.
Original Message
Subject: Costume-Con 28 report (from a newbie perspective)
From: Amanda
Hello everyone,
I just posted a report from CC28 that I wrote for my fellow cospla
My Great Grandmother used to bake a wonderful seed cake. - never had
one as good since.
Tea breads, Dundee cake, Rich Fruit cake, or even a Victoria Sponge
cake (most appropriate and undecorated of course) - apparently she
was quite fond of this - would be good.
There are lots of recipes
FRUITCAKE!?!?
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of landofoz
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 2:50 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors
If PBS has any credibility, it seems Victorian ladies
If PBS has any credibility, it seems Victorian ladies are usually serving
something that looks like a fruit/nut loaf. More like banana bread, only
with more colorful ingredients.
Denise
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I've cleaned a lot of leather (saddles & bridles) - and most all the cleaners
say not to use them on suede.
For the leather part you could use either glycerine saddle soap or a product
like Lexol's Leather Cleaner, which works well and doesn't stain or darken
leather, or leave a residue. A co
I have acquired a secondhand jacket of leather-and-suede patchwork in reds and
blacks. It's in excellent shape -- leather is supple and seams are all intact
-- but it could use some cleaning (nothing major, just the sort of grime that
comes around cuffs and corners with routine wear). I know not
One of my favorite books is Victorian Cakes by Caroline B. King. Its subtitle
is A Reminiscence with Recipes, and it has some incredible recipes in it. ISBN
is 0-201-19184-9, published by Aris Books which are published by Harris
Publishing Co Inc 1621 5th St Berkeley CA 94710 415-527-5171.
Mr
Hi Catriona!
Did you mean to ask for the letters, or are you just being friendly?
(Which is fine...)
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 12:17 PM, monica spence
wrote:
> Hi Broom!
> Monica (aka: Catriona from the Laurel list in SCA parlance).
>
> Monica E. Spence MA, MA, BA
> Senior Lead Instructor, Fashio
