The Realm of Aurelmarch

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From the family

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  1. Ulric Valcourt

    Word from the northern march: the bridge holds, and the miller swears the flood spared his wheel. I rode across it myself this morning, and I am no light man.

  2. Clemence Sauvel

    All of our blood are bidden to Draille for Michaelmas. There will be goose, and music after. Bring no quarrels to my table. They may wait in the yard with the horses.

  3. RecipeUlric Valcourt shared a recipe from Yolande Ostrel

    Spiced pottage of barley and leeks

    As Yolande had it made · Serves 8 · Preparation 30 min · Cooking 1 h 30 min

    Ingredients

    • 300 g pearl barley, soaked overnight
    • 4 leeks, washed and sliced
    • 2 onions, chopped
    • 2 tbsp butter
    • 2 l broth of fowl or of roots
    • 1 handful parsley, chopped
    • 1 pinch saffron
    • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
    • salt

    For the table

    • 1 loaf bread, a day old
    • 2 tbsp honey

    Method

    1. Melt the butter in the great pot and soften the onions and leeks in it, slowly, so that they take no colour.
    2. Add the barley and the broth and bring it to a gentle boil. Let it seethe for an hour and a half, and stir it often, for barley catches.
    3. Steep the saffron in a spoonful of the hot broth, and stir it in with the ginger when the barley is soft.
    4. Salt it at the last, strew it with parsley, and send it up with the bread. A little honey at the table, for those who wish it.

    Notes

    The saffron must be bought, never borrowed. On fast days the broth is of roots, and nobody is the poorer for it.

  5. Anselm Valcourt

    Let it be remembered that Yolande took a boar of four winters this morning, alone, and came home on foot, because the horse would not carry it.

    AboutYolande Ostrel

  6. Blanche Valcourt

    The white falcon is flown and has not come back. Whoever finds her: she answers to no name, but she will come to a red lure.

  7. SayingBerthe recorded a saying of Duchess Berthe

    Let them sing, but count the choir.

    Said in the great hall at Eskendale, 936, to a steward who had asked for more silver.

  8. StoryHer younger brother Remi told a story about Petronille Morvand

    The ring affair

    The night before the siege of Fenbrook, Petronille played dice with the cook and lost the grey warhorse. She never admitted it, but her hands were shaking for an hour.

  9. MemoryThe household at Greywater remembered Lothaire Verlaine the Hunter

    Lothaire at Ilvary

    I was small when Lothaire took me to see the hound at Ilvary.

  10. NoteThe Chronicle of Saint-Aubin added a note on Caradoc Ancelme the Red

    The Chronicle of Saint-Aubin records that Caradoc settled the quarrel over the mill at Eskendale, and adds that the abbey bells were rung for the whole of the vigil.

  11. RecipeCousin Ysolde shared a recipe from Jehanne Verlaine the Builder

    Jehanne's barley pottage

    • 9 measures of the best of the season's pottage
    • a spoonful of honey, or two if the cook is kind
    • a pinch of saffron, which must be bought, never borrowed

    Jehanne insisted it be eaten before compline, and always stood over the pot.

  12. StoryHer younger brother Remi told a story about King Anselm the Grim

    The frost affair

    The night before the siege of Saint-Aubin, Anselm played dice with the cook and lost the hawk named Sorrow. Nobody remembers who won, but everybody agrees the old wolfhound was in the right.

  13. NoteThe Oberhaun Chronicle added a note on Drogo Mott the Fair

    In 1048, Drogo hanged three men at the crossroads and wept afterwards. The Oberhaun Chronicle is quieter about the cost, which was considerable.

  14. MemoryBrother Odo the Copyist remembered King Vivian the Patient

    Vivian at Saint-Aubin

    I remember Vivian at the window of the solar in 941, counting the boats on the Saint-Aubin road.

  15. RecipeA lady-in-waiting, Doria shared a recipe from King Fulk the Bold

    King Fulk's honeyed almonds

    • 6 measures of the best of the season's almonds
    • a spoonful of honey, or two if the cook is kind
    • a pinch of saffron, which must be bought, never borrowed

    Fulk insisted it be eaten before compline, and always stood over the pot.

  16. StoryBrother Odo the Copyist told a story about Peronelle Verlaine

    The frost affair

    When the frost came early in 1035, Peronelle walked the Ilvary walls with a lantern and no escort. Nobody remembers who won, but everybody agrees the barn cat was in the right.

  17. RecipeAunt Gisla shared a recipe from Arnaud Brisson

    Arnaud's barley pottage

    • 9 measures of the best of the season's pottage
    • a spoonful of honey, or two if the cook is kind
    • a pinch of saffron, which must be bought, never borrowed

    Arnaud insisted it be eaten before compline, and always stood over the pot.

  18. RecipeHer younger brother Remi shared a recipe from Abbess Vérane

    Abbess Vérane's frumenty

    • 3 measures of the best of the season's frumenty
    • a spoonful of honey, or two if the cook is kind
    • a pinch of saffron, which must be bought, never borrowed

    Vérane insisted it be eaten before compline, and always stood over the pot.

  19. MemoryBrother Tiburce remembered Wivine Dunmere

    Wivine at Corvenne

    I remember Wivine at the window of the solar in 1062, counting the boats on the Corvenne road.

  20. StoryPrior Gerard told a story about King Walter the Wise

    The dice affair

    At the harvest fair, Walter bought every apple in the market and gave them to the children of Saint-Aubin. The household still tells it at Christmas, and gets it wrong every time.