Feast of Saint Brigit of Kildare or Imbolc

Midwinters Revel 2015 Documentation

This documentation was presented on January 31, 2014 to accompany the feast I created for the Midwinters Revel in the Barony of Lochmere.  The feast theme focused on the catholic holiday in honor of Saint Brigit of Kildare or Imbolc, as it is referred in the Celtic tradition.  This feast is held to welcome in the beginning of Spring.

Great care was taken with each of these recipes to not only use as many documentable ingredients to medieval Ireland but to also prepare foods in a manner consistent with preparation techniques, albeit using modern tools (i.e.: ceramic baking stone in oven versus flat stone in front of hearth or electric smoker but using wood consistent with wood that would have been available in period in Ireland).

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Lisette La Roux

Lisette la Roux has been in the SCA since 1997, beginning in the Kingdom of Caid. She came to Atlantia in 2000 and is a faithful member of the Barony of Lochmere. Through out her SCA career she has held several baronial positions both organizationally and as the Baronial Rapier Champion and A&S Champion. She is an apprentice to Mistress Isobel Bedingfield and specializes in several artistic disciplines but her true love is historic culinary arts. Specifically, she wants to show that period foods can be made that appeal to the modern palette.