18th Century cheesemaking
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Deanna Berkemeier, from Genesee Country Village & Museum in Mumford, NY, walks us through the process of making cheese from scratch.
updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 21 Apr 2024 01:30:25PM
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updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 21 Apr 2024 01:30:25PM
[AoR] News ~ April 19, 2024
News & Events
It’s spring in Provence! Such a wonderful time of year full of possibilities as we return to our gardens, orchards, and fields with renewed vitality.
Bienvenue
It’s a pleasure to welcome two new members, Ralph Adrian Verney (Nazeem) and Georgina Rowley.
We also welcome Banjo to his new role as Cooper. Check out his barrels now for sale in the Market.
Household Challenge (HHC)
The Household Challenge saw an update to the daily menu and the addition of a new monthly challenge. Also see Tips & Tricks written over a year of real-life playing time.
[AoR] Household Management Challenge - Age Of Reason | livinghistoryvw.com
Brewery
A new, smaller barrel (holds 16 units) is now available for the aging of ale & beer. As the smaller barrel costs less, this will increase the profits for the brewer.
[AoR] Brewery - Age Of Reason | livinghistoryvw.com
Hot Trades (Baker, Brewer, Cook, Cooper, Chandler)
The following crafted products are needed for the HHC providing the perfect chance to develop your own trade. These products can be purchased from Myriam but it would be preferable to cut her supply in favour of our own merchants.
Please comment below or contact Tatiana to have this list updated to avoid duplication.
- Bread
- Butter
- Cheese
- Sugar
- Potatoes – sold by Tatiana
- Tea Leaves Dried – sold by Tatiana
- Small beer & Brown ale – sold by Mikhail
- Beeswax Candles
- Beeswax – sold by Candace
- Beeswax Candles in bulk form
- Castile soap
- Olive oil – sold by Banjo
- Castile soap - sold by Chez
April Monthly Challenge:
- 1 (8 units) Roast Ham – sold by Summer
- 1 (8 units) Onion Soup – sold by Summer
- 1 (8 units) Strawberry Pie – sold by Summer
- 1 (8 units) Tea – sold by Chez
- 1 (16 units) Sugar
- 1 (5 units) Cinsault – sold by Tatiana
Please contact me if you are interested in producing Bread, Butter, Cheese, Sugar, or Beeswax Candles in bulk and I will help facilitate crafting & packaging. These bulk items are all needed for the HHC Families.
Cheesemaking *Coming Soon *
Cheesemaking is being upgraded to better reflect the real-life process. Testing is underway with more news to follow very soon.
In the meantime, the Cheese recipe has been removed from the Cast iron pot. Cheese can still be purchased from Myriam and retrieved from your basket. This new version can be labelled.
Whew! There’s lots to keep us busy this spring and if you have any ideas for other activities we would love to hear them.
Enjoy!
Tat
updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 22 Apr 2024 05:16:41AM
[AoR] Brewery
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Sir Thomas Cave:
Great! Does this mean the barrel making process has been updated to include a second option for the barrel size?
It does! The cooper can now make smaller barrels. Half the materials and half the cost for the small barrel.
updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 15 Apr 2024 11:10:12AM
[AoR] Brewery
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Updates to the Brewery
Smaller Barrel:
A new, smaller barrel (holds 16 units) is now available for the aging of ale & beer. As the smaller barrel costs less this will increase the profits for the brewer.
The smaller barrel should not be used to age wine as it cannot hold the full 30 units produced by the wine press. It will age 16 units but the other 14 will be discarded.
Household Challenge:
Beer and Ale are now staples in the Household Challenge replacing Apple Cider.
[AoR] Household Management Challenge
News & Events
Tips & Tricks
Whether you are playing at the Individual or Family Level (not to mention the Estate Level which hasn’t been attempted yet) this challenge is hard! After a year in real-life playing time here are a few personal observations.
A cash crop or craft is required:
You literally can’t grow/craft it all. Even if you wanted to some items, raw chicken for example, must be purchased from Myriam. This means that you must have some source, however small, of coin-generating income.
Focus your skills & labour:
This challenge is based on real-life family requirements, and it does a good job of illustrating just how labour intensive running an 18th century household can be. The variety of skills and quantities of time necessary to craft all the household items on a weekly basis is not only daunting but can become a drag.
Being a Capricorn, I am destined to be a “jack of all traders and master of none” but even I find the weekly grind to be too much work and not enough fun so I’m now concentrating on one master skill to pay the bills.
As my income allows, I will be purchasing more from the marketplace. I will also continue to enjoy dabbling in many of the crafts for the sheer pleasure of just doing.
Spending is good!
As the song says, “Money makes the world go round” and spreading your coins throughout the AoR economy is one of the best ways to encourage our active roleplay.
I must keep reminding myself of this as it is one of my hardest lessons. Like Smaug the dragon, I instinctively want to sit on my pile of gold and treasures. Go figure!
Instead of racking up coins and goods that sit unused and unseen in my inventory I am converting them into HHC points and basking in the warm glow of a challenge well met and a community well served.
Go At Your Own Pace:
Worth repeating! The only expectations are those you set for yourself. If once a week is just way too much work, you can participate as often as feels like fun for you. The monthly challenge is, of course, optional. Some players may wish to skip it while others will ignore weekly and just play monthly. It’s all good!
[AoR] Packer
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Packer
A tool that is used to package units from your basket into bulk-sized containers. Currently it can create a crate of 35 Beeswax candles (perfect for the HHC) as well as 640 units of milk into one large churn.
Perfect for selling bulk quantities via vendors, these units can easily be loaded into the customers basket.
Other bulk-sized containers, especially those useful for the HHC, will be made available as required so if you have any preferences just yell.
The Packer can be acquired from Helene.
[AoR] Household Management Challenge
News & Events
Update to Extra Weekly Menu:
Now that the breweries are up and running, the Apple Cider has been replaced with Small Beer (for individuals) and Brown Ale (for families).
Finally! A new monthly challenge for the month of April 2024:
To complete this challenge you must provide:
- 1 (8 units) Roast Ham
- 1 (8 units) Onion Soup
- 1 (8 units) Strawberry Pie
- 1 (8 units) Tea
- 1 (16 units) Sugar
- 1 (5 units) Cinsault (a fine rosé wine made in Provence which will pair beautifully with the ham)
You are encouraged to purchase any items that you do not wish to produce yourself. Please check to see if they are available from a local merchant before buying them from Myriam. If they are currently out of stock please contact Tatiana to replenish the supply.
p.s. Yes, this has been a long year in the making. I kept telling Aph that it was on my "to-do" list and it's finally done.
[AoR] News ~ March 22, 2023
News & Events
A few new announcements plus some highlights from the last month or so.
Bienvenue
A warm welcome to our new members, Catherine Cave-Shuvalova (ChezGiroux) and Summer Serendipity.
Easter Cookies
These timely & tasty treats can now be baked fresh in the oven.
Brewery
Finally! Ale & Beer can now be produced by our own [AoR] Brewery. For those of you who have been growing barley in anticipation, have at it. A new Hops plant has also been added so that we can grow our own.
See:
[AoR] Brewery - Age Of Reason | livinghistoryvw.com
Harvesters & Crafters Updated to Experience
All the harvesters and crafters are being updated to use SL Experiences. This allows props such as rakes, watering cans, spoons, etc. to attach without requesting permissions each time. Attach & detach are the ONLY actions that Experience is used for in the AoR system.
Helene and all of Rousseau’s market vendors are now selling the updated items.
ETA:
- All of the older harvesters & crafters continue to function normally.
- For those members on land other than the Rocca Sorrentina Estate and the Provence Coeur Estate please add "TTR Experience" to your allowed parcel/estate Experiences. If you are renting and do not have access to Experiences the harvesters & crafters will still work but without the attachment of props (just pretend you're holding the spoon or whatever).
- Lady Sere will be in touch with users individually about scheduling a replacement for their current harvesters. As all harvesters & crafters must eventually be replace this may take some time.
Packer
A brand-new tool that is used to package units from your basket into bulk-sized containers. Currently it can create a crate of 35 Beeswax candles (perfect for the HHC) as well as 640 units of milk into one large churn.
Perfect for selling bulk quantities via vendors, these units can easily be loaded into the customers basket.
Other bulk-sized containers, especially those useful for the HHC, will be made available as required so if you have any preferences just yell.
The Packer can be acquired from Helene.
Household Challenge (HHC)
The Household Challenge will soon be going into its second month. Not only has it kept players occupied (satisfying that weekly budget is a brain teaser) but its really helped to increase our interaction, encourage the development of trades (see below), and get the economy rolling.
It’s never too late to join the fun!
Read about Mikhail’s adventures in Early Morning Baking:
Early Morning Baking - Tatiana Dokuchic | livinghistoryvw.com
Questions or comments? See:
[AoR] Household Management Challenge - Age Of Reason | livinghistoryvw.com
Hot Trades (Baker, Brewer, Cook, Cooper, Chandler)
The following crafted products are needed for the HHC providing the perfect chance to develop your own trade. These products can be purchased from Myriam but it would be preferable to cut her supply in favour of our own merchants.
Please comment below or contact Tatiana to have this list updated to avoid duplication.
- Bread
- Butter
- Cheese
- Sugar
- Tea Leaves Dried – currently supplied by Tatiana
- Apple Cider – will be replaced as soon as beer is available
- Beeswax candles
- Beeswax – currently supplied by Candace
- Castile soap
- Olive oil – currently supplied by Banjo
Coming soon:
- Small beer & Brown ale– will be supplied by Mikhail if no one else wants to brew
- Barrels
- Hops dry – will be supplied by Mikhail if no one else is interested
ETA:
- Catherine will be taking up the trade of Chandler producing soap and candles
- Thomas will be specializing in Tea & Dairy
Whew! There’s lots to keep us busy this spring and if you have any ideas for other activities we would love to hear them.
Enjoy!
Tat
updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 24 Mar 2023 06:34:15AM
[AoR] Brewery
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It’s been a long time coming which will certainly make the ale & beer produced by our new Brewery even more flavourful!
Many thanks to Sere and Aldo for their contributions to this endeavour. I’ll post our discoveries in the Research Section but in the meantime here’s a quick start for the keeners.
Quick Start
For our purposes ale is differentiated from beer by its higher alcohol content.
Basic ingredients: Barley, Hops, Water
Crafters: Barrel, Brewery, Maltster
Process:
- Use NPC Marcel the Maltster to exchange Barley for Malt
- Use Brewery – Mash to change Malt & Water into Mash & Wort
- Use Brewery – Sparge to change Mash into Mild Wort
- Use Brewery - Boil to change Wort into Ale
- Use Brewery – Boil to change Mild Wort into Beer
- Use Barrel_small to age both Ale & Beer
See AoR Recipes:Alcohol for exact quantities
Breweries will be available in both Rocca Sorrentina and the Queen’s Hamlet. Please contact Sere and Tatiana to get started.
As soon as we build up our stock, Beer and Ale will be added to the Household Challenge as staples of the weekly budget.
Enjoy!
Updated April 15, 2024: Now use a smaller barrel for aging.
updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 15 Apr 2024 03:58:52AM
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