[h-cost] Fwd: [Costume-Con 28 report (from a newbie perspective)

2010-07-06 Thread Robin Netherton
Reposting here with permission; thought it might interest those of you who were at CC28 in Milwaukee. Original Message Subject: Costume-Con 28 report (from a newbie perspective) From: Amanda cupr...@yahoo.com Hello everyone, I just posted a report from CC28 that I wrote

[h-cost] COSTUME COLLOQUIUM II: Dress for Dance

2010-07-06 Thread Info Costume Textiles
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Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors

2010-07-06 Thread AVCHASE
Hi Ruth ann, In the early seventies I did that play and,as I recall, we served a plain butter cake with a soft white icing. The 'large slice' was precut, marked out with toothpick pricks, so it could be sliced easliy and evenly, and served at all performances. It was put in the refrigerator

Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors

2010-07-06 Thread Patricia Dunham
Hi Jill oh my gosh! my husband remembers his grandmother's seed cake too (in BC, before he was about 10), and we've never been able to find a recipe for one like he remembers (small seeds and no liquorice tasting ones, he can't abide liquorice). most we've found include anise, fennel or

Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors

2010-07-06 Thread Sharon Collier
Of course, Gwendolyn never eats the cake, so it can be made of foam rubber, colored to look like a frosted layer cake. That way, there is no chance of ants, spilling onto the costume, storage during the run, etc. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com

Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors

2010-07-06 Thread Joan Jurancich
At 01:17 PM 7/6/2010, you wrote: Hi Jill oh my gosh! my husband remembers his grandmother's seed cake too (in BC, before he was about 10), and we've never been able to find a recipe for one like he remembers (small seeds and no liquorice tasting ones, he can't abide liquorice). most we've

Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors

2010-07-06 Thread Jill Hadfield
Unfortunately I don't - I've tried various ones but none of them were like hers.I do like caraway seed cake though. I have a very old cake recipe which uses nutmeg and cloves, that tastes good too. Jill At 21:17 06/07/2010, you wrote: Hi Jill oh my gosh! my husband remembers his