Al-Hafla
Sunday, 5. March 2006, 11:54:16
Al-Hafla was the celebration of peace. Nominally, it was when the normans, the hospitallers, the people of antioch, the byzantines and various others came together in Kyneton for a small dinner (only about 60 people) cooked in roughly the style of antioch of 1100 or so.
It was the feast that dafinn had wanted to see, had encouraged, finaly brought to fruition. It was a passing of batons, a revival of an idea, an acknowledgement of what life means.
It was also a good feed, a fun weekend, a chance for a chinwag and catching up. And it was a success.
Fathma Nachiar was the real push behind it. Many people help, but it always takes someone to plant the seed and say "right, we water it or it dies", rather than wondering "what if...".
Music from LeMal, belly-dancing first from Maggie and then from almost everyone (yes, among other things I can be convinced to do it), food from MsHelle, me, Heather, and Fathma, recipes from other times and other places, venue from Rosie, logistics from Josh, big help from Ants, Georgi, Tommy, Wok and Linc, and pitching in from others around made a great weekend in the Australian bush able to bring out the magic that medievalling can provide.
One new recipe that I will do again, but differently. Basically fish cakes - cook the fish and spices, then bind it with egg, add more spices, and fry off again. Delicious, but picking bones out of a zillion pieces of fish to make fishcakes isn't my idea of fun.
It was the feast that dafinn had wanted to see, had encouraged, finaly brought to fruition. It was a passing of batons, a revival of an idea, an acknowledgement of what life means.
It was also a good feed, a fun weekend, a chance for a chinwag and catching up. And it was a success.
Fathma Nachiar was the real push behind it. Many people help, but it always takes someone to plant the seed and say "right, we water it or it dies", rather than wondering "what if...".
Music from LeMal, belly-dancing first from Maggie and then from almost everyone (yes, among other things I can be convinced to do it), food from MsHelle, me, Heather, and Fathma, recipes from other times and other places, venue from Rosie, logistics from Josh, big help from Ants, Georgi, Tommy, Wok and Linc, and pitching in from others around made a great weekend in the Australian bush able to bring out the magic that medievalling can provide.
One new recipe that I will do again, but differently. Basically fish cakes - cook the fish and spices, then bind it with egg, add more spices, and fry off again. Delicious, but picking bones out of a zillion pieces of fish to make fishcakes isn't my idea of fun.
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