I use to make my own pasta, haven't for years, so I watched a no of videos. Then this one! He picked up a plat with eggs, they were not all exactly the same size and collor of brown, "what beautiful eggs" he says, be brakes the first one.... Then the second one.... Oh MG, they are true free range eggs. The yokes were dark yellow orange, and when one yoke broke it did not run all over. He had to have been in Italy and the kitchen real. The four was Italian also. My heart fluttered. Is posta ball was yellow, not white. I know we a re doing it right. Accepting what is good.
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I'm getting 13-14 eggs, I was getting 23-25 eggs, with one girl broody, she layed 4 eggs average a week, I am still short. The longest night will be the 22 and the first day of winter.
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My 2¢: (my late husband was working on his master on the 11-13 century middle England. At the time he desired that he would go for a doctoret on the political atmastpher of the 11-13 century of England.) this ment I had an educationally frustrated husband, and I learned more then I ever thought to ask about this period of time, in England during the 11-13 century.
For hundreds of years people went to bed with the chickens and got up with the chickens. England being of a higher latitude and had very long nights in the winter. How much sleep did they get? The same as in the average night the rest of the year. In the middle of the night, people would get up, light 1 candle or an oil lamp of the day (wax was very expensive, but rancid butter or fat burned nicely) have a brew of some kind or make something hot to drink. Sit around for an hour or two talking and telling stories, maybe crowing on left over bread. Then return to bed for a few hours sleep.
The average family would have some type of spirits on hand. Water was known to be not good for you. Brews of that day was along ways from what we know today. There was estimated all spirits had 3% to much higher, pluse it was often deluded with water, the alcahole was believed made water safer to drink. No coffee, but there was Tea. All kinds of Tea, the good stuff was also expensive and probably used sparingly, but if you could afford it you diffenitly had it.
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I'm getting 13-14 eggs, I was getting 23-25 eggs, with one girl broody, she layed 4 eggs average a week, I am still short. The longest night will be the 22 and the first day of winter.
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My 2¢: (my late husband was working on his master on the 11-13 century middle England. At the time he desired that he would go for a doctoret on the political atmastpher of the 11-13 century of England.) this ment I had an educationally frustrated husband, and I learned more then I ever thought to ask about this period of time, in England during the 11-13 century.
For hundreds of years people went to bed with the chickens and got up with the chickens. England being of a higher latitude and had very long nights in the winter. How much sleep did they get? The same as in the average night the rest of the year. In the middle of the night, people would get up, light 1 candle or an oil lamp of the day (wax was very expensive, but rancid butter or fat burned nicely) have a brew of some kind or make something hot to drink. Sit around for an hour or two talking and telling stories, maybe crowing on left over bread. Then return to bed for a few hours sleep.
The average family would have some type of spirits on hand. Water was known to be not good for you. Brews of that day was along ways from what we know today. There was estimated all spirits had 3% to much higher, pluse it was often deluded with water, the alcahole was believed made water safer to drink. No coffee, but there was Tea. All kinds of Tea, the good stuff was also expensive and probably used sparingly, but if you could afford it you diffenitly had it.
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