The Nordic Saga The Barony of Northkeep
November A.S. XXXIX (2014)
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Baron Baroness Morgan Blackdragon Montega Blackdragon BARONIAL Morgan Albert Montega Albert OFFICERS [email protected] [email protected]
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Seneschal: Herald: Adalia VonderBerg Evangelos Thrakkios Emily Gurnee Marty Moore 918-699-9553 918-869-2152 Canton of [email protected] [email protected] Chemin Noir Reeve: Historian/Librarian: Jutte Vonderberg Dervilia O’Shannon Seneschal: Judy Griffith Tamara Britton Laiodheach The Bear 918-640-5242 918-504-6510 Bobby Bates [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 918-766-1108 Chronicler: Youth Combat Marshal: Dervilia O’Shannon Thorvald Egilsson Reeve: Tamara Britton Cody Chezem Eskel Robert Someried 918-504-6510 918-269-0179 Preston Selby [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 918-977-0844 Hospitaler: Webminister: A&S Minister: Position open and accepting Alexandre Crane Igor applications Ramon Carrasco John Shearheart Sr. 918-695-2344 918-907-1431 [email protected]
Knights Marshal: Talen von Marienburg Chirurgeon: Richard Rohde Position open and accepting 918-325-1656 applications [email protected] Youth Rapier Marshal: Rapier Marshal: Position open and (Interim) accepting applications Miguel Neves de Lisboa Lawrence Warnock Minister of Children: 918-906-4811 Position open and accepting applications Arts and Sciences Minister: Ysabeau Brossier Virtual Scribe: Amanda Hall Position open and [email protected] accepting applications
Missile Marshal: Position Open and Accept- ing Applications
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BARONIAL ACTIVITIES THE NORDIC SAGA Information Disclaimer/Copyright Statement Business Meetings Populace Meeting Last Monday of the month, 7:30 pm at This is the November 2014 issue of the Nordic Saga, a the Martin East Regional Library, 2601 S. Garnett, Tulsa. publication of the Barony of Northkeep of the Society of Creative Anachronism, Inc. (S.C.A.). The Nordic Saga is Officers’ Meeting Unless otherwise notified, the Monday available from Tamara Britton, 4215 W. 1st, Tulsa, OK before Populace, 6:30 pm at the Martin East Regional 74127 It is not a corporate publication of the S.C.A. Inc. Library, 2601 S. Garnett. and does not delineate S.C.A. policies. Copyright 2008 Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc. Chemin Noir Populace Fourth Thursday of the month. For information on reprinting photographs, articles, or artwork from this publication, please contact the Chron- Tahlequah Meeting Second and Fourth Saturday of the icler, who will assist you in contacting the original crea- month, 11:00 am at the Public Library, 120 S. College Ave., tor of the piece. Please respect the legal rights of our Talequah. Arts & Sciences, and Fighter Practice if Marshal contributors. is present. Fighters meet at Sequoyah Park, corner of Bluff and Shawnee Aves. Contact Cicily Bridges 918-457-0270 Subscription Information for information. As the Nordic Saga is available free online, there is no subscription fee. If you cannot access the newsletter Marshall Meetings online, please let the Chronicler know so you can Fighter Practice (Heavy & Rapier) Wednesdays 7:00 pm at receive a hard copy. If you would like a hard copy the VFW at 6th and Peoria. Practice will be moved to the mailed to you, you will need to pay the Reeve for only park across the street from the VFW if weather permits. the cost of mailing ($0.63 a month or $7.56 a year) and give the receipt to the Chronicler with your name and Rapier Practice At Fighter Practice, see above, and Fridays mailing address information. The following is the mail- 7:00 pm at 4403 S. 129th W. Ave Sand Springs. ing cost schedule: J-$7.56, F-$6.93, M-$6.30, A-$5.67, M-$5.04, J-$.4.41, J-$3.78, A-$3.15, S-$2.52, O-$1.89, Archery & Thrown Weapons Practice Sundays noon until N-$1.26, D-$0.63. Subject to change due to postal rates. dusk (archery usually starts at 2:30) at 9737 W. 61st Street. Check out the archery page for directions: Payment Information www.blackmoonarchery.com Make payments directly to the Reeve with your SCA Chemin Noir Fighter Practice: Saturday noon at Sooner name, mundane name, address and phone number. Park on North Madison Blvd., Bartlesville. Make checks payable to “SCA Inc. - Barony of North- keep”. Do not send cash. Guild Meetings Arts & Sciences Night-- First Monday of the month 7:00 pm at the Martin East Regional Library, 2601 S. Garnett. Artistic Credits Office Badges: submitted by Jerry Herring, used with Scribal Guild—TBD-Contact Dervilia O’Shannon for permission. times and directions ([email protected]) Baronial Arms: submitted by Mistress Dunstana Talana the Violet, used with permission. Social Gatherings Photos on pages 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and 13, from free Google Grub & Garb Last Tuesday of month at VFW (6th & Images. Peoria) all are invited to bring a friend, bit of food, and/or Photo on page 12 from link provided with paper at entertainment to share. Although most any time is good www.livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/ for new people, this is the BEST time to meet the internal/dorking inhabitants of the Barony of Northkeep. Pages 8-9, 10-11, and 14 printed with permission.
After Populace Last Monday of month at Populace meeting, a dining location will be announced where we can break bread and visit with new and old friends.
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Their Excellencies’ Exchange
Baron Morgan Blackdragon Baroness Montega Blackdragon Morgan Albert Montega Albert
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Greetings Northkeep!
We have some great events coming up. Chemin Noir is hosting Saturnalia. If you can volunteer at this event it will really help. We have such good people in this barony. We are so pleased that we all come together to accomplish great things!
November Grub n Garb will be an A&S competition. Documentation is required. There will be a prize for first and second place.
Winterkingdom is just around the corner! What will you be teaching? We will need help with this event. Many hands make light work. Get with the Autocrats if you would like to volunteer. Class sign up is available on our website.
Thank you all so much for being a part of the fun this summer. Lots of fun still to be had for the holidays.
Morgan and Montega Blackdragon Baron and Baroness
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Seneschal Says it All: Adalia VonderBerg
Greetings Northkeep!! I am so proud to see so many of our populace travelling and letting Northkeep be seen at events! Fall is here! With that, we've got several offices open and several more accepting applications. If you're interested in serving as an officer, but need some help with application process or with deciding where your skills would best fit, let me know. If you're nervous about being an officer for the first time, we can find you a mentor, someone to help guide you through and to help you get comfortable in the role. Chemin Noir's Saturnalia event is in a few days. Come out and join our Canton as they put on their Roman-themed event that is sure to be full of epic awesomeness. Winterkingdom is right around the corner. Lady Jutte and Honorable Lady Annais are looking for volunteers for all sorts of positions from set-up to teardown/clean-up. We are also accepting teacher forms (the link to which is on the baronial website at http://web.northkeep.ansteorra.org/activities-and-events) To make scheduling easier, please fill in the form as completely as possible. Gulf Wars is only 5 months away. From Volunteer Point, Volunteering just got Easier!! Over the winter the Volunteer Point staff has been busy working to streamline your Volunteer experience at Gulf Wars! Now you can fill out your Information sheet online before the War then just drop by the 'Point to sign up for shifts and to drop off your tickets---How Easy Is That!?! Here's the link (http://tinyurl.com/GWVP2014) so you can tell all your friends! Please make sure that you select either Northkeep or Chemin Noir as the group you are donating your time for. Remember, your volunteer hours can make the difference in the war point and they also mean money for our groups.
Thanks so much for all that each of you do to make this a truly awesome barony in which to live… You are appreciated!
HL Adalia VonderBerg
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Arts & Sciences Scene: Ysabeau Brossier
Greetings from your friendly neighborhood A&S Minister!
We have two A&S nights coming up that deal with very different aspects of my office. And I am thrilled to offer them and would LOVE to see lots of people at both!
First, in November. HL Annais de Montgomerie has offered to host a charter party. You know all those lovely scrolls people get in court that we all “ooh” and “aah” over? Well, we need people to paint them. And you can learn how! Annais is an amazing artisan that will be there to guide us as we paint a scroll to be given out at a future event. Annais has the supplies, but if you have your own, feel free to bring them. Cost is $2 to cover brushes and palettes. The basics of charter painting will be covered. That will take place November 3 at 6:30 at the Martin East Library.
Then, in December Her Excellency Kelandra Carmichael and Dona Therese Maria Giovanni have offered to teach “So You Want to Do a Feast?” In which Students will learn a few ways to tackle preparing for a feast, assembling a menu, formulating a budget, and a list of necessary kitchen staff to assist in a better feast experi- ence. Students will have the chance to practice preparing a menu course and budget. This will be a great class for anyone that is interested in preparing for a feast as these ladies have carried off some extremely successful (and delicious) feasts! That will be on December 1 at 6:30 at Martin East.
As always, if you would like to attend A&S night and just want to work on your own project, you are more than welcome to come hang out!
Don’t forget November’s Grub and Garb will also have an A&S competition! Do you have a cool thing you want to show off? Bring it with documentation to the VFW on November 26th! I hope to see you there! Arts, food, and fighting? Sounds like a great evening!
One more thing: looking forward to Winterkingdom. I hope you have all seen and heard my advertising for our Largesse Derby. If you have not, check this out! At Winterkingdom- that’s January 31st- Northkeep will be hosting a Largesse Derby with a really cool prize! Competitors will make a series of six ojects. They don’t have to be identical- six necklaces, six sets of silverware, six dolls, six Viking hoods. Anything that our amaz- ing baron and baroness can give out as largess is appropriate- so, nothing perishable, please. We will showcase these items and the populace will cast a vote as to which is their favorite (typically with a bead or something given with the site token.) We will tally the votes and the winner will receive one item from each entry and the rest of the entries are donated to the barony to use as largess. (Hint: you might want to set it up as you would an A&S entry- people tend to gravitate toward stuff that has a pretty display!)
If you have questions, please PLEASE feel free to ask me about it. Message me on facebook, email me ([email protected],) ask me in person, send a carrier pigeon. I will also need a couple of volunteers to help me man the table and make sure that votes don’t get fiddled with-so if you feel like you would like to sit for a couple hours and give anyone the side eye that messes with the votes, just let me know! Expert and novice side eye givers are appreciated. I'm really excited, and I think it would be a great way for all of us to showcase our skills. Not to mention a really amazing way to give back to our fabulous barony!
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Hospitaler’s Pilaster: Ian dun Gillan
Greetings Northkeep,
The demo at ComicCon Tulsa is nearly here, the crew has been selected and we making all necessary prepa- rations for this outstanding opportunity to bring the SCA to geeks everywhere.
As my position has been open for applications and we have received an application for the office hopefully soon we will be able to announce a new Hospitaler for our glorious Barony. I have very much enjoyed my time serving Northkeep and will continue to do so in a less official capacity.
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There Shall be a Period Style Novice Archery
Tourney Held at the Canton of Chemin
Noir's upcoming (November 15 2014)
Saturnalia Event !! The Prize for this Prize Tourney Shall be a Period
Style Longbow. Details: 43# @ 28" Bamboo backed IPE limbs with handle composed of Bloodwood, Purple- heart, Osage and Red Oak. Tourney is open to Novice Archers:
1: never won any adult archery tourney / shoot / prize. ( with a bow, past crossbow champions who wish to compete with a bow may compete as long as they meet all other re- quirements with a bow ( and plan to shoot the prize if they win it ) ( past children's champions may compete if they meet all other requirements ) ( and plan to shoot the prize if they win it )
2: shoots at a Ansteorran Royal Round "Bowman" level ( 44.99) or below. or for those who have no opportunity , or choose not to shoot Royal Rounds , we will be on the honor system. if you believe that you are a novice, and your fellow archers believe you are a novice then you are probably a novice. it is on your honor, and the honor of those you represent. ( for new to the sca people, if you are good enough with a bow to bow hunt, you would not qualify as a novice )
Please ,Anyone competing for the bow must plan on shooting the bow if they win it.
I would hate to see this bow wind up in a garage, a closet, a shed, not being used or even worse on ebay !!
Aprox. Retail Value of Bow is between $400.00 and $600.00
I do hereby challenge all bowyers , fletchers and artisans of all types to craft something in a period style that an archer could use, then sponsor a novice shoot where your work is the prize !
HL.Arthur Blackmoon CAO
To the lands of our forefathers to the lands we defend To Ansteorra !!
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A Study of Candied Orenge and Lemon Pilles
by Kelandra Carmichael
I chose to study and create the recipe of Candied Fruit Peels using the recipes listed in the books Shakespeare’s Kitchen: Renaissance Recipes for the Contemporary Cook and Pleyn Delit. This type of candied peel was and is still a common treat for many and is fairly easy for many modern cooks to re-create. The ingredients are sim- ple items that many cooks will be able to find in their cupboard or refrigerator. The earliest mention of these candied fruits is “in 1365, when Pope Urban V came in Apt for pilgrimage, the Aptésiens gave him candied fruit as a gift ” (Les Fleurons d’Apt.). Some candied fruits (like figs and plums) and nuts appear as early as the first and second century A.D. These recipes can be found in the Apicius, which is a collection of common recipes that continue to provide insight in ancient cuisine for not only scholars from our time but scholars from the Middle Ages and Renaissance as well. However it was in- terested to note that the translators of this document went so far as to note: “CITRUS, orange or lemon tree and their fruits. It is remarkable that Apicius does not speak of lemons, one of the most indispensable fruits in modern cookery which grow so profusely in Italy today. These were imported into Italy probably later ” (Apicius).
My Adaptations: My ingredients were either purchased at a local grocery store or found in my cupboard. I researched several recipes and choose to use the recipe listed in the Shakespeare’s Kitchen cookbook since the event’s theme is related to the Bard’s story of the Capulet and the Montagues. I noticed during my research that several of the recipes of candied peels contain either sugar or honey and sometimes other spices as well. I considered adding ginger and using rosewater as an option but decided against this since I didn’t know what it might do to the flavor of the candied peel. I used a few modern appliances to help create my candied peels— including my stove top and my oven. I purchased a bag of lemons and a bag of oranges which allowed me to double the recipe with the lemons and triple the recipe with the oranges and the sugar was stored in my cup- board. I was quite pleased with the flavor and texture of both the orange and lemon peels; however, I will likely cut the peels into smaller pieces the next time I make this recipe.
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Recipes:
Candied Citrus Peel (from Shakespeare’s Kitchen) Orengat (from Pleyn Delight)
Redacted from from Delights for Ladies 1603 recipe Take your Orenge pilles after they bee preserved, then take fine sugar and Rosewater, and boile it to the hiehg tof Manus Christi, An alternate recipe I may try the next time I make these. then draw it through your sugar, then lay them on the bottome of
a sieve, and drie them in an oven after you have drawne bread, and they will be candied. Cut the peel of an orange into five pieces and scrape away the skin in- side with a knife; then set them to soak in pure fresh water for nine days, and change the water every day. The boil them in pure water, but 3 oranges only until they come to a boil, and when this is done spread them onto a cloth and let them dry out well. Then put them in a pot with enough 3 lemons honey to cover them and boil over a slow fire, skimming. And when you think that the honey is cooked (to test whether it is cooked, take some 2 cups of granulated sugar water in a spoon and pour into this water a bit of honey, and if it spreads ½ cup superfine sugar it is not cooked: and if the honey stays in the water without spreading, it is cooked) then take out your orange peels and arrange them in a layer, and sprinkle powder of ginger over, then another layer, and sprinkle, etc., until finished; and leave a month or more before eating. 1. Using a sharp knife or vegetable peeler, cut the peel from the
oranges and lemons, removing any of the white pith. Soak the peels in cold water for 10 minutes. Discard the water and rinse 6 oranges—preferably the bitter “Seville’ type the peels under cold running water. Places the peels in a saucepan
and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute. 1-2 cups clear honey Drain and rinse under cold running water. Repeat the process two more times, rinsing well after boiling. 1/2 -1 tsp powder ginger
Bibliography
“Fruit in Medieval Europe.” Old Cook. Tanslator-Jean-Marc Bulit. 17 October 2014. Web.
Fleming, Elise. “Candied Fruit Peel.” Medieval Cookery. 16 October 2014. Web.
Hieatt Constance B., Brenda Hosington, and Sharon Butler. Pleyn Delit: Medieval Cookery for Modern Cooks, 2nd edition. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. Print.
“Candied Fruit: A Millennium of tradition.” Les Fleurons d’Apt. 16 October 2014. Web.
Segan, Francine. Shakespeare’s Kitchen: Renaissance Recipes for the Contemporary Cook. New York: Ran- dom House. 2003. Print.
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Chicken Breeds By Susan the Curious Introduction My name is Susan the Curious and I have been keeping chickens for the last decade. I have recently joined a group on Medieval Animal Husbandry and am hoping this is a way to combine my interest in chickens and the SCA. So many breeds of chickens have an undocumented history, they were codified in the Victorian Era in Fancy Clubs; I will work to dig out the birds that have as clear of history as possible, using period artwork when I can find them. If you have a request, please let me know. If you are doing research for cooking pro- jects; I will help with finding specifics on the birds native to those areas so that you can compare the differ- ences in those birds to the modern chicken you'll have access to.
Dorkings
Breed History: Much speculation. One theory is that their ancestors were brought from Rome during the invasion, either from Italy or possibly from Belgium; the presence of 5 toed birds in the Ardennes would lead me to feel that the line of genetic mutations would point in that direction. Roman writer Coumella wrote of a bird that fits the de- scription of the Dorking in his Book of Husbandry in 50AD, but the Livestock Conservancy says that there aren't 5 toed birds in Italy. This is very representative of the haziness of documentation and the presence of an animal over time; the arts, location, and genetic similarity are three of the biggest factors I see that help to place things. Phoenicians trading poultry for British Tin is listed as another possible manner in which they got to England.
"Poultry rearing is an ancient pursuit of the neighborhood, and the Dorking fowls with an extra claw are a well -known breed, which it is not necessary to derive from Roman introduction." from a 1911 book The History of Surrey: Volume 3. Dorking is a Market town 23.5 miles SW of London and not on a major waterway, which makes me wonder why the chickens would have had that history but not be more widespread in England; they also mention that Roman coin were found in the churchyard, but no more specific information. I have yet to find more of a Roman history and Dorking was under the King in the Doomsday Book and became part of the lands of the Earl of a Surrey when created. Reading this this history from 1911 is one of the things that strikes me as the most ironic; the birds receive mention in the history and that is it, yet all of the sites that speak of the history of the Dorking Chicken state the basics of the above history like they are a given.
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Breed Description: Soft Feather: Heavy 5 toed White legs Single or Rose Comb Colors: White, Coloured, Silver Grey, Cuckoo, Black, Red, and Speckled; old literature speculates that White was the Original color. Maturing at 2 years Cock 10-14lb, Cockerel 8-11lb (I didn't see a weight for Capons), and Hen 8-10lb, and a market weight of 8- 10lb Duel use bird that is good for eggs and meat Their Conservancy status is Threatended, (I have talked to a couple of people in the SCA who have started raising these birds, one is a member of Grimfells who started the Medieval Animal Husbandry Group on Fa- cebook and is also holding round tables at Toy's for atoms and Kris Kinder to discuss judging standards to add Animal Husbandry to A&S Competitions in Calontir.) Good Forager Stays close to home Will roost in trees, evan as a large bird
Eggs: Moderate layer Good winter layer Medium to Large white eggs Good brooder Slow to lay
Meat: Described in one place as 'having a delicate white flesh', 'famous for their meat', and another as 'being a good table bird'. They are well fleshed in the areas people most desire; I learned a new cut description, Merry- thought, the area around the wishbone.
Resources: http://www.poultryclub.org/img/Breed%20Classification.pdf www.livestockconservancy.org/index.php/heritage/internal/dorking http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42946 http://www.poultryclub.org/dorkingclub/
Public Domain in the US if you would like to use. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coloured-dorking.png http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dark-dorkings.jpg http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Red-dorkings.jpg http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:White-dorking.png
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
2 3A&S Meeting 4 5 Fighter 6 7 Rapier 1/8 Queens 6:00 Martin Practice 7-9 Practice 7pm Champion East Library pm VFW 6th 4403 S.129th Burkburnett, TX W. Ave Sand and Peoria Springs
9 10 11 12 Fighter 13 14 Rapier 15 Saturnalia Practice 7-9 Practice 7pm Chemin Noir pm VFW 6th 4403 S.129th W. Ave Sand Bartlesville, OK and Peoria Springs
16 17 Officer’s 18 19 Fighter 20 21 Rapier 22 Bordermarch Meeting 6:30 Practice 7-9 Practice 7pm Autum Melees Martin East pm VFW 6th 4403 S.129th Beaumont, TX and Peoria W. Ave Sand Library Springs
23 24 Populace 25 26 Fighter 27 28 29 Meeting 7:30- Practice 7-9 8:45 pm pm VFW 6th Martin East and Peoria Library
30 1 2 3 Fighter 4 5 Rapier 6 Dragonsfire Tor Practice 7-9 Practice 7pm Yule Revel pm VFW 6th 4403 S.129th Stevenville, TX and Peoria W. Ave Sand Springs
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