Weekend recap
Nov. 22nd, 2009 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alystenProject day happened and it was very productive. Yule kitchen prep continues forward at an awe inspiring pace. Lissa and Genevra made 8 batches of pie dough. 60 more pies were made. 6 gallons of turkey stock and 1.5 gallons of venison stock were made. Lissa learned how to braise meat. We did deer yesterday, but the process goes for any meat product that has a lot of connective tissues. New device (crayola colored, in triplicate, with B&W) has been handed off to EK Herald for processing, old device will be turned into a badge.Best Don Ever (tm) gave me a weight ball to help build up muscles in my wrists and hands. It will help with how I hold my sword, and give me strength in my muscles to allow me to have a greater range of motion. Woo hoo fency homework.
Dinner was hot dogs, corn, salad, rice and deer. We tested out the venison and sauce recipe. The ruling was, "doesn't suck, you can serve this". The bread experiment was a success. I can make bread ahead of time, freeze it and bake it for time of service.
Apparently watching someone dismantle turkeys was the hit of the day. I de-boned the remaining 3 turkeys, so I could send them home with people who have more freezer space than I. The first turkey was the "teaching moment". I took more time than I normal do when de-boning to explain what was where. The last 2 were just amusing for everyone else to watch. I'm not gentle... I talk to my food... and well, there are sounds and sites that you just have to experience in person. Much fun all around.
Kitchen thank you favors have been started. King's waffenrok fabric has been de-dyed, and will be dyed a more appropriate shade of gray tomorrow. Rest of linen has been washed and is ready to be cut tomorrow. Salt dishes have had the first coat of paint and varnish applied.
A great big thanks to math5, lissa_510, ianraven, Genevra & Andre who have taken home fruit, pies, turkeys and stock to be stored or frozen until Yule, this weekend. Without your guys storage help (and yours too oaken_glen), we would have less ability to have stuff done ahead of time. Thanks to violet_amy, math5, lissa_510, Genevra, siobhan1214 for help with prep and sugar work. We have made a huge dent in feast prep.
Dinner was hot dogs, corn, salad, rice and deer. We tested out the venison and sauce recipe. The ruling was, "doesn't suck, you can serve this". The bread experiment was a success. I can make bread ahead of time, freeze it and bake it for time of service.
Apparently watching someone dismantle turkeys was the hit of the day. I de-boned the remaining 3 turkeys, so I could send them home with people who have more freezer space than I. The first turkey was the "teaching moment". I took more time than I normal do when de-boning to explain what was where. The last 2 were just amusing for everyone else to watch. I'm not gentle... I talk to my food... and well, there are sounds and sites that you just have to experience in person. Much fun all around.
Kitchen thank you favors have been started. King's waffenrok fabric has been de-dyed, and will be dyed a more appropriate shade of gray tomorrow. Rest of linen has been washed and is ready to be cut tomorrow. Salt dishes have had the first coat of paint and varnish applied.
A great big thanks to math5, lissa_510, ianraven, Genevra & Andre who have taken home fruit, pies, turkeys and stock to be stored or frozen until Yule, this weekend. Without your guys storage help (and yours too oaken_glen), we would have less ability to have stuff done ahead of time. Thanks to violet_amy, math5, lissa_510, Genevra, siobhan1214 for help with prep and sugar work. We have made a huge dent in feast prep.
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Date: 2009-11-23 02:31 pm (UTC)Love what has been posted so far...can't wait to see it all presented :) (And eaten, where appropriate.) ;)
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Date: 2009-11-23 03:06 pm (UTC)Food will be good, staff will be phenominal, much fun will be had by all. And we get dibs on the leftovers.
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