Sultry Summer

Summer is well upon us, almost smothering us in it's humid arms, I was camping with over 10k people the first week of August. People dressed and in persona from cave man to 1650. Recreating the middle ages would not suffice for the description of what we do. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsic_War for information.

I got there after friends had set up the our pavillion. Many of my friends, household The Black Dragons had gone out a week earlier. They put up with the rains and muds that many of us who came a week later didn't have to really deal with. While it rained a bit, it was nothing like what they endured a week prior. That said lets get on to FOOD!

I brought a number of things with me but nothing really to cook. I never took the fondue pot out of the tent, just used the poundcake as a finger dessert. For family steak night, traditionally held on Wednesday, my contribution was 2 containers of dill pickles, olives and more chocolate chip cookies.

While at war I don't cook. There was a time when my sons were small that I cooked all the meals. It wasn't much of a vacation to do that and I ended up with all the other kids in my area of camp. I stopped going to the war, that was 12 yrs. ago. I began going again 3 yrs. ago and buy most of my food. This year in camp we also had a gentleman who cooked 2 meals so it was less then I had to purchase.

There are a lot of merchants who sell foods, a green grocer and even ice cream. At the Beast & Boar since I had there special promotional mug, I got coffee, iced tea or lemonade free. The mug cost $25 the first week of the war and $20 the following week. I had a friend purchase mine earlier since they're usually sold out by the time I arrive. Needless to say, being there Saturday through Friday, I got my $25 worth using it for coffee at least 2 times a day and cold drinks throughout the rest of the day.

So now it's a few weeks later and I'm getting things back to normal and will be posting about the food class I attended at the war.