Cheese balls

I tried making the cheese balls from Das Kuchbuch der Sabina Welserin. First i read the English translation from medievalcookery.com, which sourced it from David Friedman's web site, and then I tried the original version found at http://www.uni-giessen.de/gloning/tx/sawe.htm. . I also found a German redaction at http://www.kochmeister.com/r/65519-kaesekuechlein.html which I used Google translate on. I don't really read German, but to me gebacken sounds more like baking than frying so I went with that option.

250 ml grated mature cheese
250 ml bread crumbs
1 egg
salt and pepper

I mixed the ingredients and rolled the dough inte balls, ended up with twelve I think. I then baked those at 200 degrees for ten minutes or so. The balls were nice. I had them for lunch with a salad and will probably make them for Nordmark University.

    

Sewing

I decided to try the Historical Sew Fortnightly.The setup is a new challenge every two weeks, but I might skip some of them. I can't quite wrap my brain around what to do for "Innovation" and "The Politics of Fashion " anyway.  I'm a bit surprised that I decided to do this since I don't really enjoy sewing and don't identify myself as a seamstress. I do enjoy having stuff when it's done though, so this is a way to actually get some things finished.

The Challenge: #1 Make Do and Mend
I have an old green dress that had three small holes near a seam in the lower skirts. I decided to use a patch on one of them and moved the seam 5 mm to get rid of the other two.

Fabric: Thin green wool

Pattern: One of the Herjolfsnes dresses, pattern originally made by a friend.

Year: 14th century

Notions: Thread

How historically accurate is it? Reasonable from the outside. It has lots of machine-sewn French seams on the inside. The patch is made from the same fabric as the dress and hand-sewn with silk thread. The thread is a bit too bright, but I find the result OK.

Hours to complete: Under 1. It was done about a week ago, but I didn't get around to blogging.

First worn: The dress itself maybe in 2008. It hasn't been worn after mending.

Total cost: Almost none, just some thread and scraps.

To stand on somebody's shoulders

When cooking a dish that I haven't done before there are several ways to go. I read original recipes, I compare them to modern ones for proportions and measures and I cook recipes redacted by others.

Today I'm going to try a couple of cookie recipes. Sweet and pretty isn't what I do best, so I'll work with other peoples recipes. I hope that if they have published it, it's probably a working recipe. Especially if there are pictures.

Today I'm trying these:

http://www.kiriel.net/cooking/laurelprize.html#1
http://www.medievalcookery.com/recipes/wafers.html

I haven't made wafers since I moved in with Nattfari, and only twice before that. First time went fine, second was horrible so there is also the element of trying the wafer iron on this particular stove. If things work out I will make cookies for Nordmark University.