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Victuality: The Event!
Victuality: The Challenges!
Victuality: The Challenges!
The Baron's Challenge
Must be from a period source, and documentation is strongly encouraged. Please no tripe, liver, or spinach as it upsets his humors.
Challenger(s): Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte
Winner(s): Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte
Challenge 1
Prepare a recipe from scratch
Redact and prepare any medieval recipe without consulting existing translations or redactions. State the source of the original recipe. If you substitute any ingredients, please explain why. Extra points if you translate the recipe from the original language; more if you prepare it using period cooking equipment.
Dom. Galefridus Peregrinus
Challenger(s): Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte, Anarra Karlsdottir, Pagan Graeme
Winner(s): Pagan Graeme
Challenge 2
Mistress Vienna's Mystery Box Challenge
Create a medieval meal using the ingredients that Mistress Vienna will supply. Participants can supplement with their own stores, but the mystery ingredients must take center stage of the dish(es). Participants may not use egg whites or mushrooms in any dish. There will be a limit on the number of entrants to this challenge (between 3 - 5). The prize will be a 6’ long banner (custom to the winner) to be delivered after the event.
Mistress Vienna de la Mer
Challenger(s): Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte, Aethelhawk, Adrian da Cadiz, Imigla Venture (Vairavi)/Aife ingen Chonchobair
Winner(s): (Tie): Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte, and Imigla Venture (Vairavi)/Aife ingen Chonchobair
Challenge 3
Meal from dried & preserved foods.
Create a complete period and nutritional meal using only dried and preserved foods.
Mistress Annetje Von Woerden
Challenger(s): Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte, Dzguinte Litovka, Aethelhawk
Winner(s): Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte
Challenge 4
Food for Travelling
The challenge I would like to issue is show us what period foods a lone traveler, pilgrim, foot soldier, merchant etc. would carry with them and sustain themselves with little or no help from a village or town for at least 5 days. 15th century, Western Europe. Participants must state why they are traveling. Documentation is optional, show and tell required. Winner decided by populace, and I will provide the prize. A 16th century silver coin.
Lord Omelan
Challenger(s): Judith bas Rabbi Mendel, Dzguinte Litovka, Aethelhawk, Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte
Winner(s): Dzguinte Litovka
Challenge 5
Display a dish or meal in a period manner.
Prepare a dish or part of a meal (you decide what meal – a simple supper at home, meal during a hunting trip, repast at an Inn….) and display or arrange it as you believe it would have been presented. Because of the rustic nature of the site, this can be presented by photographs of your presentation, presented on the cloth or plates/platters that you used, showing that you did prepare the food. The primary interest for this challenge is the presentation, not the food. Documentation is requested to, minimally, describe the time and place (both in history and in the day, i.e. “14th century wedding feast”) of your chosen meal, the food presented (ingredients list required if food is offered for sampling), and generally describing your display. Documentation of sources is encouraged. There will be two prizes, one by populace choice (I will provide voting beads) and challenger’s choice.
Elizabet Marshall
Challenger(s): Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte, Dzguinte Litovka
Winner(s): Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte, 2nd place Dzguinte Litovka
Challenge 6
"The Tacuinum Sanitatis is about the six things that are necessary for every man in the daily preservation of his health, about their correct uses and their efforts. [...] The second is the right use of foods and drinks." {Rouen, f.1}
Create a period meal that is balanced for health (as known in the medieval period). Use of humors in deciding what dishes to use is important. Documentation is a plus. This challenge should be decided by populace, with the help of any who understand the medieval humors. Prize for this challenge will be provided by the issuer.
Lady Lilie Dubh inghean ui Mordha
Challenge 7
I am a simple meat and potatoes and beer kind of knight. I challenge any who would answer to make me a dish consisting of simple ingredients but hearty enough to fill my belly. The only requirement is that you have to use one of the beers that I will provide. The beer will be an English brown ale. The prize will be a brand new 8-quart cast iron Dutch oven.
Sir Wilhelm von Ostenbrücke
Challenger(s): Jaji, Pagan Graeme, Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte, Galefridus Peregrinus, Dzguinte Litovka, Aethelhawk
Winner(s): 1st place Isabella d'Allaines Le-Comte, 2nd place (most period meal) Dzguinte Litovka
Challenge 8
Make on site or bring your most elaborate AND edible sweet subtlety. Please be aware that these will be eaten. Populace vote, prize will be award by the issuer.
Baroness Ysabella de Draguignan
Challenger(s): Aethelhawk and Zadia
Winner(s): Aethelhawk and Zadia
Challenge 9
Master Jaji's Challenge, in two parts. Entrants need not commit to both parts of the challenge.
- Part the first: To start a fire using a non-match (or lighter) method. To successfully complete this task a small batch of tinder must be ignited. Entrants will be judged not only on shortest time, but also by using the most amusing or inventive method as decided by the populace.
- Part the second: To teach Master Jaji how to properly use a "tinder tube" as a method of lighting his pipe.
Challenger(s) Part One: Omelan
Challenger(s) Part Two: (none)
Winner(s) Part One: Omelan
Winner(s) Part Two: (none)