Fun Idea for Food Workshop
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From "Dining With William Shakespeare" by Madge Lorwin, page 401:
"At Christmas bread bakers sometimes added sugar and currants to bread dough and made little roly-poly figures, with currants for eyes, for the children of their customers. They were not supposed to do this sort of thing, for, according to the statues governing the various baking crafts, anything made with sugar and fruit was the preserve of the pastry cooks. There were numerous complaints against bread bakers who made the little 'Yulebabies' by pastry cooks, who, like all craftsmen, jealously defended their own jurisdictional rights."
I just love the idea of making 'Yulebabies' for an upcoming Yule event - or to hand out as samples at a food workshop. So cute! :)
EDIT: Another fun notion for Elizabethan and earlier feasting from 'Fabulous Feasts' by Madeleine Pelner Cosman, page 18:
"Sometimes small flat platters called roundels, made of porcelaine or stiff paper, were served with the last course of the feast. When the food was eaten, each guest turned over his roundel to find written on the reverse a text or poem of bawdy phrase which required an improvised setting and singing."
Apparently there is a 'delightful set' of these roundel that were created for Queen Elizabeth which are discussed by Curt Buhler in 'Renaissance News 9' (1956), 146f
"At Christmas bread bakers sometimes added sugar and currants to bread dough and made little roly-poly figures, with currants for eyes, for the children of their customers. They were not supposed to do this sort of thing, for, according to the statues governing the various baking crafts, anything made with sugar and fruit was the preserve of the pastry cooks. There were numerous complaints against bread bakers who made the little 'Yulebabies' by pastry cooks, who, like all craftsmen, jealously defended their own jurisdictional rights."
I just love the idea of making 'Yulebabies' for an upcoming Yule event - or to hand out as samples at a food workshop. So cute! :)
EDIT: Another fun notion for Elizabethan and earlier feasting from 'Fabulous Feasts' by Madeleine Pelner Cosman, page 18:
"Sometimes small flat platters called roundels, made of porcelaine or stiff paper, were served with the last course of the feast. When the food was eaten, each guest turned over his roundel to find written on the reverse a text or poem of bawdy phrase which required an improvised setting and singing."
Apparently there is a 'delightful set' of these roundel that were created for Queen Elizabeth which are discussed by Curt Buhler in 'Renaissance News 9' (1956), 146f
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Date: 2009-08-10 12:08 am (UTC)Broken Leg? Bacon.
Lost your job? Bacon.
Ready to go postal all over your neighborhood? BACON BACON BACON!
And I am not talking about the cops....*grin*
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Date: 2009-08-09 05:30 pm (UTC)Or have I, perhaps, misunderstood who your persona is?
But "Yulebabies" do sound the most delightful fun!
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Date: 2009-08-09 06:32 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-08-09 09:33 pm (UTC)Erm--'pictures' reminds me I still owe you some pics of my garden, such as it is. They have to be resized. I bought this particular camera for capturing detail (thinking "garb" at the time), which it will do, but I haven't learned all I need to about using it.
So right now, the images of, for instance, the arboreal grapes (18' above the ground) are so big you have to scroll the screen and they've been reduced by at least half, already.
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Date: 2009-08-09 11:52 pm (UTC)I am looking forward to garden photos when the sizing issues are resolved. Thank you for sharing!
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Date: 2009-08-10 12:17 am (UTC)And I will bring home made soap balls to properly wash our hands before and after our meal. Something I learned from Bess at CoCo. And she's graciously allowing me to teach about the Unwashed Tudors myths at RenSymp!
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Date: 2009-08-10 12:30 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-08-15 07:40 pm (UTC)Actually - you've just given me an idea!!! Next year's Outside Gentry Houshold at Kentwell will have a set of these!!!!
Just need to get my dad to make my a set of round wooden "platters" - then I can paint them!! :-)
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Date: 2009-08-17 05:25 pm (UTC)