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

2010-07-10 Thread Ruth Anne Baumgartner
the run, etc. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume- boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Ruth Anne Baumgartner Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 5:55 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors Hello the list: Getting ready to open

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
...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Ruth Anne Baumgartner Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 5:55 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors Hello the list: Getting ready to open The Importance of Being Earnest (I am director, costumer, and props person) and still have not settled

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

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

2010-07-05 Thread Nancy Kiel
a weasel! This is very good advice. For the weasel will not like it And teasing isn't nice. From: ruthan...@mindspring.com Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2010 08:55:07 -0400 To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors Hello the list: Getting ready to open The Importance of Being

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

2010-07-05 Thread landofoz
If PBS has any credibility, it seems Victorian ladies are usually serving something that looks like a fruit/nut loaf. More like banana bread, only with more colorful ingredients. Denise ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

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

2010-07-05 Thread Betsy Marshall
FRUITCAKE!?!? -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of landofoz Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 2:50 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors If PBS has any credibility, it seems Victorian ladies

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

2010-07-05 Thread Jill Hadfield
: FRUITCAKE!?!? -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of landofoz Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 2:50 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors If PBS has any credibility, it seems Victorian ladies

[h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors

2010-07-03 Thread Ruth Anne Baumgartner
Hello the list: Getting ready to open The Importance of Being Earnest (I am director, costumer, and props person) and still have not settled on what Cecily cuts and serves a large piece of to Gwendolen during the tea scene: Cecily. [Severely.] Cake or bread and butter? Gwendolen. [In a

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

2010-07-03 Thread Hope Greenberg
Cake is one of those words that has been used in several ways across time. Things that we would call breads, cookies, biscuits, scones, and buns have all been called cake. However, since you do have to keep the audience in mind and have something that makes sense to them, I'd go with

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

2010-07-03 Thread Betsy Marshall
Or a loaf shaped pound cake? -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Hope Greenberg Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 8:16 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors Cake is one of those words

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

2010-07-03 Thread Sharon Collier
...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Ruth Anne Baumgartner Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 5:55 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors Hello the list: Getting ready to open The Importance of Being Earnest (I am director, costumer, and props person) and still have not settled