Hi!
In the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) I am known as the Honorable Lady Bronwyn ni Mhathain, Shire of Winged Hills, Barony Flaming Gryphon, Midrealm. I learned to cook with my grandmother and my mom. If you found your way here, I am assuming you have an interest in food and history like me.
Give it Forth was created in 2015. I thought I would try something new and keep track of what it is I do, experiments, feasts, wannabe feasts, idea's, gardening, herblore and herbcraft. Here you will find my personal project, interpreting the instructions found in Two fifteenth-century cookery-books : Harleian MS. 279 (ab 1430), & Harl. MS. 4016 (ab. 1450), with extracts from Ashmole MS. 1439, Laud MS. 553, & Douce MS. 55 by Thomas Austin. This book was the last book my mom gave to me before she passed. She helped me when I was creating feasts in my earliest years of the SCA. We wanted to do this together but at the time neither of us was able to interpret the recipes.
I am pleasantly surprised at how this blog has grown. To those who have subscribed, shared the interpretations, and hopefully tried them, and helped make this a success. Thank you. Here is to the next chapter.
I won't promise to be a regular poster, but I will do my best to post something weekly.
Enjoy!
Yonnie
