Serviette - Revision history

64.12.116.210 at 14:51, 24 June 2004

2004-06-24T14:51:49Z

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	If you are going to eat using your fingers (a very [[medieval]] practice), using a serviette (or at a pinch a tea towel), prevents getting nasty hard to remove grease stains on your [[garb]] from the roast chicken and making the [[hospitaller]] angry if you borrowed the [[garb]].		If you are going to eat using your fingers (a very [[medieval]] practice), using a serviette (or at a pinch a tea towel), prevents getting nasty hard to remove grease stains on your [[garb]] from the roast chicken and making the [[hospitaller]] angry if you borrowed the [[garb]]. Some etiquette sources specify a large napkin, draped over the diner's left arm.

	Serviettes are also a nice place to practise decorative [[arts]] such as [[embroidery]], [[drawn thread work]], and [[needle lace]].		Serviettes are also a nice place to practise decorative [[arts]] such as [[embroidery]], [[drawn thread work]], and [[needle lace]].

	The other, and more period option of cleaning your face and removing greasy bits from your hands and mouth is using the [[tablecloth]]. Yes - that's what they're there for! Don't be afraid, they're going to get washed anyway.		The other, and more period option of cleaning your face and removing greasy bits from your hands and mouth is using the [[tablecloth]]. Yes - that's what they're there for! Don't be afraid, they're going to get washed anyway. Another period option, which is less likely to enrage the owner of the tablecloth, is to use the napkin for your mouth and to wipe your fingers on the innards of a piece of bread.

Morgant at 08:21, 11 July 2003

2003-07-11T08:21:39Z

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	If you are going to eat using your fingers (a very [[medieval]] practice), using a serviette (or at a pinch a tea towel), prevents getting nasty hard to remove grease stains on your [[garb]] from the roast chicken and making the [[hospitaller]] angry if you borrowed the [[garb]].		If you are going to eat using your fingers (a very [[medieval]] practice), using a serviette (or at a pinch a tea towel), prevents getting nasty hard to remove grease stains on your [[garb]] from the roast chicken and making the [[hospitaller]] angry if you borrowed the [[garb]].

	Serviettes are also a nice place to practise decorative [[arts]] such as [[embroidery]], [[drawn thread work]], and [[~~needlelace~~]].		Serviettes are also a nice place to practise decorative [[arts]] such as [[embroidery]], [[drawn thread work]], and [[needle lace]].

	The other, and more period option of cleaning your face and removing greasy bits from your hands and mouth is using the [[tablecloth]]. Yes - that's what they're there for! Don't be afraid, they're going to get washed anyway.		The other, and more period option of cleaning your face and removing greasy bits from your hands and mouth is using the [[tablecloth]]. Yes - that's what they're there for! Don't be afraid, they're going to get washed anyway.

Update at 22:41, 20 June 2003

2003-06-20T22:41:06Z

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If you are going to eat using your fingers (a very [[medieval]] practice), using a serviette (or at a pinch a tea towel), prevents getting nasty hard to remove grease stains on your [[garb]] from the roast chicken and making the [[hospitaller]] angry if you borrowed the [[garb]].

Serviettes are also a nice place to practise decorative [[arts]] such as [[embroidery]], [[drawn thread work]], and [[needlelace]].

The other, and more period option of cleaning your face and removing greasy bits from your hands and mouth is using the [[tablecloth]]. Yes - that's what they're there for! Don't be afraid, they're going to get washed anyway.