This past weekend was the timeline event at the Fort at No. 4. We invite reenactors from whatever other time periods who’d like to be there, and we assemble. People who are around the Fort’s era (1700s) are inside the fort, and everyone else is outside. Or at least that’s how it’s supposed to be.
See, it rained this weekend. I will conceded that if you lived on the coast, this was a major thing. But over on the Vermont border, up north? No, thank you. This was a non-event storm. It rained, folks. It was just normal autumn rain. But a few of our groups decided they couldn’t make it, which made me sad. I am trying to be understanding, but I’m grumpy. Ah well.
I chose to make one dish for each of the time periods that were (supposed to be) at the event. So I had tons of food planned out, and I did not make all of it. I ran out of steam about 4pm on Saturday, after a LONG day of cooking over the fire. Still, we had much MUCH more food than people to eat it, and everyone waddled off happily afterward.
It was a fairly epic feast, I must say. I did a bunch of medieval, WWII British home guard, and 18th century recipes, and my friends L & J did a bunch of Asian foods for the Vietnam and Korean wars. The only complaint (and I heard it from more than one person) was that there were so many options that even if you only took a spoonful of each thing, you got too full and couldn’t eat everything. LOL…
It was a thoroughly exhausting weekend, but my bread turned out gorgeous, the chicken puddings were spot on, and my apple crisp was pretty tasty! All in all, it was truly worth it. I just wish we’d had more people there. I think we ended up with about 30 or 35 people, all told. But next year we’ll do better!
My summer season is just about over. I have three more events: Jaffrey Fall Fest, Mayflower Days (a modern market that I’m doing a little 18th century corner in), and the Hammond Castle Ren Faire. All of these will be fun! After that, I’ll be transitioning into craft fair season, which does not involve tents, camping gear, or any of the cooking stuff. It’s mostly just sitting at tables, dressed up, talking to folks. Whew. So much easier.
In the background, Chris has been dressing up and interpreting, as well. He’s pretty amazing. 🙂