Blacktown Medieval Fair 2018 Lunch Menu
Menu for Blacktown Medieval Fair 2018
Saturday only
Fennel in Sops (v)
Roast Beef
Chicken Meatballs
Sunday only
Pea and Ham soup
Pea Soup (v)
Crustardes in Flesh
Ham
Both Days
Fruits, cheese, cold meats
Bread
Making coad for shoe making
Firstly, what is coad? Coad, also known as shoemaker’s wax, is a mix of beeswax and resin, and acts as a glue when sewing leather together, helping to ensure that if one stitch is cut, the entire shoe won’t fall apart.
Dying with Indigo – success!
Originally posted to the forum by Richard
So today (June 2012), after much talk, I finally made my first attempt at indigo dyeing! Huzzar! While I did manage to make some blue linen, the colour achieved was not up to the standard I was expecting, and I have a number of ideas as to what might have gone wrong. But I’ll get to those later.
Group Knives
Originally posted to the forum – research about kitchen knives for Company of the Staple by Richard.
I have been looking through various books and manuscripts in pursuit of images of kitchen and dining scenes. Sadly the desire to draw meticulously detailed pictures of kitchen and table implements seems to have been slightly lacking in the mind of the 14th century artist.
Festival On the Green 2018
Company of the Staple was again at St Ives’ Festival on the Green promoting the St Ives Medieval Fair which will be on later this year (22nd and 23rd of September 2018).
In the photo are four of our members on the St Ives Thrones.
Flax to Linen
Originally posted to the Company of the Staple Forum by Richard
Some time in late August/early September, I planted my newest crop of flax. Unlike the first failed attempt, this crop flourished and at some point in late November burst into bloom:
