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thriftwizard · 28 July 2016 at 1:04PM

Got a phone call from my friend this morning, asking if I could look in on her dogs a couple of times today. She's off to work, medieval-style; she does medieval cookery at one of our local National Trust properties, all swathed in linen & wool and over an open fire, with a spit. Today she's boiling up bones with vegetables & herbs to make a medieval "pottage". Which will cause hordes of curious children & their marvelling parents & grandparents to gasp in amazement and mutter about how quaint it all is, as well as asking questions along the lines of, "What kind of animal produces a duck egg...?"

I was happy to agree to look after her 3 daft hounds, because I'm spending a good portion of today in my kitchen, boiling up bones with vegetables & herbs to make "stock"...

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katsclaws · 28 July 2016 at 1:11PM

I've just put on chicken bones to make a stock during my lunch break (I work from home.) The stock is for our spoilt dogs to soften their dried food.

downshifter · 28 July 2016 at 1:56PM

Haha! Me too, it's freezing today so I've just been pressure cooking some bones, veg and herbs for soup for tonight! Interesting that even grandparents make those comments - I used to volunteer at a museum where we did similar things and the grandparents were the ones that would say, oooh look at that, we used to have one of those, I think I've still got it somewhere - mostly about some piece of household equipment.

Perhaps I'm now so old that it's the great grandparents who now say those kinds of things.

Tipsntreats · 28 July 2016 at 2:42PM

Hi thriftwizard, my Dorset friend. In those medieval times, they let the dogs in the kitchens!
Am I the only one that simmers the bones all day in my slow cooker?
I also thought you might have picked up on the thread in the Craft section, about sewing fleece. I was the only one to answer, and as you know, I know nothing! Oh yes, I solved the tapping noise.
Tips

MallyGirl · 28 July 2016 at 3:02PM

Tipsntreats wrote: »

Am I the only one that simmers the bones all day in my slow cooker?

I always use the SC after letting stock boil dry a couple of times

thriftwizard · 28 July 2016 at 4:56PM

Slow cooker works well for stock, but I had 4 reasonably-sized chicken carcasses to reduce; even though I have a big SC, I wouldn't be able to fit all four PLUS veg in there! Big household here; 7 active adults plus livestock, everything has to be bought in sacks and cooked in vats!

T&T - don't think I've ever wandered over to the Crafts section - off now to try to find it! Glad your noise is sorted out now.

Islandmaid · 28 July 2016 at 6:54PM

Reminds me of helping look after a group of inner city kids being shown a farm, they couldn't believe that milk came out of cows udders, and one young lad swore he would never eat an egg again as he thought that hens poo'd them - bless..

I used to be part of the Sealed Knot and was amazed at the time and detail some of the re enactors put into their 'crafts' - good times

thriftwizard · 28 July 2016 at 10:21PM

I know - I'm potentially in the frame for demonstrating spinning & weaving at the same venue. But they'll need to be satisfied first that I can dress exactly right for the period, right down to underthings! (Though it'd take me half a lifetime to spin & weave it all myself, especially the flax) And whilst spindle-spinning's not a problem, I'd need some practice to look competent on a Great Wheel...

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