<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453986140632_852301"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453986140632_852335">Hello fellow Cynnabarbarians,</span><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453986140632_852293" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453986140632_852292"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453986140632_852291"><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453986140632_852314"><div id="yiv3674012752"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453986140632_852321"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1453986140632_852320"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195180" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195179" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div class="yiv3674012752y_msg_container" id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195183"><div id="yiv3674012752"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195186"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195185" style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195200" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195199" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div class="yiv3674012752y_msg_container" id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195198"><div id="yiv3674012752"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195197"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195196" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195195" style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195194" style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv3674012752"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195193"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195192" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195191"><br clear="none">Once again this year I am
organizing the dessert revel for our dance event, Terpsichore at the
Tower. The event will be on Saturday, March 5th this year, and the
dessert revel will take place between sets of the evening ball.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Traditionally, Cynnabar folks (and occasionally a few others) bring desserts for the revel, which are then enjoyed by everyone attending.<div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd80693"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Please let me know ASAP whether you can bring something for the revel, even if you're not yet sure what you'll bring.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I
would like to encourage everyone in the Barony who possibly can do so
to contribute something. I will once again be doing a subtletie style
cake myself. The revel at our event has become known for it's variety
and abundance of food (I've been told by other dancers that Terp has the
BEST dessert revel), and I'd like to keep that up. We had one year
where I nagged less than usual, and we ended up being a bit on the
skimpy side food-wise, so I'd like to keep that from happening again.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">You
can email me or message me on Facebook to sign up. If you
don't know what to bring, please go ahead and sign up now and decide
exactly what to make or buy later. The purpose of the list is to make
sure that there will be enough food, and that not everyone brings the
same thing (some duplication is fine, but if everyone in the barony
showed up with a bag of grapes that would be a bit silly).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">We should have a table somewhere where subtleties
can be on display during the day, and space in the kitchen to stash desserts that won't do well sitting in a car
all day.</div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd86441"><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195245"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195246">Thanks! More info is below for those that need/want it.</div><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195247"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195248">-Magda</div><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195261"><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195260"><br clear="none">--------------------------------------------------------------<br clear="none">Some general guidelines (not rules) as to what to bring:<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Try
to stick to finger food, or things that can be eaten with just a fork.
Lots of something small is probably better than a few of something
large. This will let more people sample each thing (buffets tend to make
folks want to try a little of everything).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Presentation counts.
Brownies arranged on a plate look nicer than brownies still in the pan.
They can also be grabbed more quickly, so the line will move faster.
Nothing slows down a line like having everyone stop to cut themselves
pieces of things, so precut anything where that won't destroy the
presentation. If you buy something, serving it from something more
period looking than the cardboard box it came in will make a better
impression.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If you want to try making something that actually is
period, you can talk to me, or any of the cooks in the barony for ideas.
There is also a lot of great information at Stephan's Florilegium in
the food sections (<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" id="yiv3674012752yui_3_16_0_1_1422915321290_1195273" target="_blank" href="http://www.florilegium.org/"><span class="yiv3674012752yshortcuts" id="yiv3674012752lw_1332982261_0">http://www.florilegium.org</span></a>).
Some examples of period choices would include marzipan (which can be
shaped or molded, rolled into balls, or just cut into squares),
custards, fresh or dried fruit, pastries, candied fruit peels or
flowers, gingerbread, shortbread, sugar paste (gum paste), some cookies
(not involving chocolate, or baking powder or soda), biscotti, sweet
breads (with or without fruit), nuts or fruit tarts.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Subtleties
(decorated foods, or foods which look like something other than what they are) were a
medieval favorite, and would be great if anyone has any recipes or ideas
along those lines which they want to try out. These can range from the
ridiculous to the sublime, and generally do so in the SCA. Examples
we've had have included cakes in the shapes of things (flower basket,
tower, rock, lute), cookies with the cinnabar arms on them or shaped
like elephants, a tower made of hostess cupcakes, and brownie
battlefields of fighting marshmallow bunnies. These are often impressive
and/or entertaining.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">If you don't have the time, inclination, or
facilities to do something period and/or elaborate, you can bring
anything that you think folks will want to eat between sets of a ball.
All types of cookies and candies are welcome, as are salty snacks,
veggies and dip, appetizers etc.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Non-medieval food is fine, especially if it's homemade. Chocolate may not be period, but it always seems to disappear rapidly.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">All
of the above are guidelines, not rules. Anything you bring will likely
be happily consumed by hungry dancers in need of energy. Oh, and if you
bring something which has non-obvious nuts in it, you might want to mark
it as such, so that folks with allergies will know what to avoid.
(Putting a "Warning--contains nuts" sign next to a bowl of mixed nuts is
not really necessary, although it may be amusing).<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Thank you for helping our group provide hospitality to our guests, and I look forward to seeing you at Terp.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-Lady Magdalena Vogelsang<br clear="none"><br clear="none">P.S. My apologies to those who get more than one copy of this email.</div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd54964"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"> </div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd39107"> </div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd49626"> </div></div></div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd97000"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd78412"> </div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd40002"> </div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd31601"> </div></div></div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd73546"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd11372"> </div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd61909"> </div></div><div class="yiv3674012752yqt6084918365" id="yiv3674012752yqtfd91768"> </div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>