Introduction 1
Sources for Ingredients 3
Cinnamons 3
Murri and Byzantine Murri 3
Other Minor Points 5
Pie Crust Recipe 6
Sourdough 6
Almond Milk 6
Onion Juice 7
Andalusian Meatballs 7
Bread 8
Vegetables 9
Islamic Dishes
With vegetables 17
Without (Much) Vegetables 34
Seafood 47
Soups 50
Poultry 54
Meat Dishes 61
Meat, Cheese and Egg Pies 71
Desserts, Appetisers, Etc. 77
Drinks 103
Sauces 105
Miscellaneous 107
Index of Recipes 111
Cooking From Primary Sources: 114
Some General Comments
Tourney and War Food 115
Creative Medieval Cooking 116
Period, Ethnic, and Traditional 116
Late Period and Out of Period Foodstuffs 117
Concerning Gemstones 124
Concerning Trees and Their Fruit 130
Some Receyptes 132
Some Receyts 135
Norse Riddles 137
Concerning the Archery of al-Islam 138
Concerning Knighthood 141
Finding a Name 142
Concerning a Dream 145
Staying in Persona and Other Things: 146
an Opinion
The Little Things 149
Some Tricks 151
Some Sources for Islamic Persona 152
Adjusting to Reality 155
A Dying Dream 156
The Enchanted Ground: A Progress Report 159
Concerning Consistency or Ignorance is Bliss 161
In Defense of Authenticity 164
Concerning Contests 166
Concerning the C in SCA 168
The Bardic Arts: A Comment 169
No Audience 171
Peers Errant 172
Medieval vs Medievalish 174
Period Solutions 175
The Royal Tale of Atlantia 177
Words and Things 178
Two Hundred of Your Closest Friends 180
I Have Seen the Past--And It Works 182
A Letter 184
Decentralization, Democracy, and all That 187
How Another Hobby is Organized 190
Another Sort of Letter 193
Jokes 193
Building a Conjecturally Period Pavillion 194
Conjecturally Authentic Furniture 204
To Prepare a Most Honorable Feast 208
To Make a Feast 211
An Islamic Dinner 216
A Dinner at Pennsic 219
A Jewelers Bibliography 220
Books on Metalworking 222
Shield and Weapon Weights 223
Period Sources for Story Telling 227
Concerning Heraldic Devices and Arms 230
Notes on Islamic Clothing 232
The Perfect Armor 240
Perfect Armor Part II: Water Hardened Leather 251
Closed Form Heater: A Voice from A.S. IV 253
Quest for a Kingdom 263
Gesta Gugliemi (part 2) 264
Gesta Gugliemi (part 3) 265
Two Voices 266
Hildebrandslied 267
The Merry Holt 268
The Bee's Tale 268
Two Provençal Poems 270
The Froggy Woods 271
Two Poems in Praise of the Ladies of Caid 272
XIII 273
Fly Dragon Fly 273
A Pennsic Tale 274
A Song in Praise of the Warriors 275
of the Middle Kingdom
The Ansteorran Tale 275
Limericks 276
The Devil and Eugénie 278
Barak's Song 278
Trouble on the Field 279
The Maple Tree 279
Verses in Honor of Shaugn Rubaru 280
Twelve Days of Battle 280
The New Order 281
Old Things
A Report, in Verse 282
Verses Prepared by the Ambassador 283
of the Middle
A Brother's Tale 284
Pennsic I: Before the Battle 285
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