Mary Ostler

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Tir Righ A&S Championship is over for this year. We had three full competitors, and three single entry entrants. I was a varied lot of items to judge this year. Polychrome leather work to Astronomical Navigation, to bone carving. It takes a lot of gumption to enter these contest and I appauld them all… I know what its like [...]

This just made me so very happy. I just had to share. Not medieval at all.

The one good side to having broken ribs, is I have a lot of down time. Normally I live out in the shop just puttering around listening to CKNW. Since shop life is depressing without the abilty to pick up a tool, I have spent the time watching old movies and hand sewing my turkish [...]

Naves aux chateingnes
Young, small turnips should be cooked in water without wine for the first boiling. Then throw away the water and cook slowly in water and wine, with chestnuts therein, or, if one has no chestnuts, sage.  Le Menagier de Paris – 14th century French

Part of the shell cut off  and then boiled in [...]

fromPleyn Delit: Medieval Cookery for Modern Cooks
Mushrooms of one night are the best, if they are small, red inside, and closed at the top; and they should be peeled and then washed in hot water and parboiled, and if you wish to put them in a pasty add oil, cheese, and spice powder.  – Le [...]

Well, my clumbsy nature got the better of me. Last week I broke my ribs. What does this mean? Means playing out in the shop is sharply curtailed. Having been benched for the next few weeks I have decided to turn to some less strenuous persuits. Cooking being one of them.
I decided to try out [...]

A couple of weekends ago at the Tir Righ Fall Tourney, Misress Agnes Cresewyke arranged to have a last minute A&S display. We had 7 people drop off items ranging from bone carved earspoons to Japanese tamari balls. Much discussion was had, and I would call it a success.

Mistress Agnes, Uilliam mac Fearchar mhic Gille Aindrias, and Constance [...]