Feast Day!

Last year on Oct 31 my sons and their friend did a Narnia Feast using recipes from The Narnia Cookbook and in Narnian costume (we blogged about it here.) This year they're doing a Medieval Feast. And they're doing it all themselves - I have a busy week with a birthday and company coming in a few days, so they're doing it all--collecting recipes, cooking, decorating the house and preparing their own Medieval attire themselves. They were hoping for some exotic meat like venison or mutton, but the closest we could find in our area was lamb chops. Turkish Delight will still be on the menu, although I'm not sure how authentically Medieval that is! I, on my raw diet, will only get to enjoy the smells of all the dishes they have planned. I did taste a turnip they boiled. They wanted to see if turnips would be palatable enough to use in a couple of the dishes. I've read about turnips all my life and I couldn't pass up an opportunity to see what one actually tastes like. When it's raw it tastes like a radish, but when cooked, it's milder, more potato-ey, although it doesn't get as soft as a potato. Medieval people didn't have potatoes, so they ate turnips.

I tried on Miss M's outfit (the same one she wore last year) to make sure it still fit, and, as soon as it was on, she noticed that she was wearing a skirt and insisted on doing the hula in it.