Useful college class
Now here is something I wished was available when I was in college.
In Rock Hill, SC, a teacher at Winthrop University is teaching his students a practical version of history.
From the school newspaper
The Johnsonian:
History professor gets medieval with hobby
At Winthrop University students are fortunate to have many different classes to choose from. Classes for the determined business majors, crafty art majors or even the intelligent biology majors, but what about a class that taught lessons in creating medieval armor?
Not only would students learn how to create and form their own pieces of medieval armor but they could cook different types of birds for example, learn to brew beer and distill wine.
Wine is not distilled and there are Federal laws in place regulating (ie:
DON'T DO IT) distillation of spirits but otherwise, it looks like a great way to spend a couple months!
We have a friend who is allergic to the Hops used in beer. I homebrew and made her a Gruit -- a Medieval beer seasoned with herbs. Very tasty stuff. The chief bittering agent is Mugwort and I lucked into finding a Mugwort plant at a local garden sale. (I'm planting a brewers garden this spring.)
Posted by DaveH at May 1, 2005 1:19 PM