Post by lexii on Nov 14, 2015 16:25:16 GMT
Chores
Serving the Frees
The first and foremost chore accomplished is to serve the Frees in whatever capacity They see fit. At times however, this chore becomes completed and the Frees have no requirements of the kajira.
Clean the Kitchen
The kitchen in the Hold needs to be clean. This would include not only washing the cabinets, shelves and cooking surfaces but also sweeping and mopping the floors, making blackwine, refilling the heating paga and kalana. The cleaned chairs should be lifted to the table tops and the entire floor cleaned.
Restocking Shelves
Old stock is rotated to be used first, restocking the back of the shelves with fresh. Items need to be rearranged so shelves have a neat appearance in the kitchen, pantry, dry storage as well as the cooler.
Washing Dishes and Serving Items
Hot water and lots of soap in the basin making sure they are well rinsed and the shelves are cleaned before the item is meticulously dried and put away. Please be very responsible at this time to inspecting the servery items for flaws, chips and damage. Nothing is to be kept that might bring any harm to our Frees.
Botas Cleaned and Refilled
Botas need to be rinsed and hung to dry between each use as well as needing refilling and storing until they are served. Some will be kept by the hearth for warmth and some in the chiller as well as stocking the bar.
Haul Water
The water supply for the is a well a few steps outside the kitchen door, there are various well but this is the closes, there a buckets turned upside down stacked neatly by the well. There are cask of water in the kitchen it is our jobs to keep them filled.
Gardening
There are multiple gardens throughout the Hold that need tending. Soil needs to be worked and softened as well as compost needs to be added. Seeds can be sown in rows as well as watering and weeding.
Gathering Herbs
The gardens are literally full with all types of herbs and botanticals. They can then be dried, placed in the cooler, or crushed for oils.
Gather Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
There are various gardens and a vast orchards that supply the Hold with more than enough fresh produce. After collecting and picking in baskets or carts it needs to be washed then stocked in the cooler or dry storage or it can be cooked, baked, or dried.
Milk the Bosk and Verr
Bring a clean pail and a three legs stool, wash the udder and with thumb and forefinger milk the bosk by pulling the teats in a downward motion until the bucket is full. The buckets are emptied thru a rep cloth strainer into casks. The heavier creams will be left on the cloth and can also be skimmed off the top of the casks after they settle. Clean and replace the pail and items used.
Churn Butter
Skim off the cream from the milk cask and pour it into a clean butter churn. Fasten the lid with paddle in place. Pump the handle up and down, as the paddle works through the heavy cream it will start to feel thick and it will be harder to move the handle. Eventually a ball of butter in the churn will make it too difficult to continue. Pull off the lid scraping the excess butter off the paddle. The butter will be stiff and need to be spooned and pressed into molds The liquid in the bottom of the churn needs to be poured off as the whey or buttermilk. Put the butter and strained buttermilk in the cooler. Clean the butter churn by wiping it down with clean cloth.
Make Cheese
Pour milk into a pan and heat. Add starter and cook until curds (lumps) form. Add rennet and any flavorings. Cook until it is the right thickness and consistency. Remove from the heat, then wrap the cheese in cheesecloth to hang in the cooler to age and harden. The longer it ages the more sharp or strong it becomes.
Cooking Meals
Generally this duty is performed by the Cook but often help by the kaji is necessary to make sure everyone gets fed. Please refer to the Taverns menu so you are aware of just what needs to be prepared. Although special orders usually can be made, please remember the menu items are the prepared items available for the Taverns Guests. Items and prices are found on the menu page.
Smoke Meat, Fish and Cheese
The smoker is a tight closet type space with shelves and small vents in the outside walls. Build a compact fire of sweet wood like kalana in the basin at the bottom of the smoker. Skewers of meat are hung on rods or laid on mesh shelves. There are also hooks for cheese. Close the doors tightly and wait . Three days minimum or longer for thicker items.
Curing Meats
Meat strips are dried and made into jerky. Meat can also be hung up and smoked liked hams, salted down in barrels, canned or frozen in the winter.
Butchering Meat
Remove the horns and store them for later use if the Free who hunted the animal does not wish them. Gut the animal and save the insides including bladder for future use and clean in a solution of water and disinfectant, then hang to dry. Skin the animal carefully by making circular cuts around each leg and the neck then pulling off the carcass. Be very careful that the hide is kept in one piece and is not nicked. Cut the meat into roasts and such, place in cooler or hang on hooks in quarter sections.
Cleaning Fish
Scrape off scales with a sharp knife in a nearly brushing motion in the opposite direction of their growth. Slit the fish from the anal opening up to its neckline. Pull out all guts and clean the cavity with water. Cut the head from body and lay the knife flat at the tail of the fish. Holding the tail firmly make a slow but steady slice up towards the neck, keeping the blade flat while traveling along the spine filleting the meat from the bones. Rinse fillets and store in the cooler. Use the scrapes to feed the sleens.
Tend the Vulo
Take a wheeled cart, rake, broom, baskets and feed buckets to the pens. Rake out the yard of any debris and put it in the cart. Feed the vulo in the yard, chasing any laying hens out of the coop to eat. While the vulo are eating , gather eggs leaving the small white stones in their place so the hens don't worry about their missing eggs. clean the shelves and replace straw to the nesting boxes if needed. Rake and sweep out the coop and carry any debris away in the cart. The eggs need to be washed and inspected for freshness and cracks before taken to the kitchens.
Cleaning the Animal Pens
Much like cleaning out the coop with the exception of larger waste products. After the animal is lead out and secured, use a shovel to rid the area of dung. Rake the floors and apply a light dusting of lime before replacing the straw to the floor. Clean and refresh the water troughs.
Feeding the Animals
The bosk are herbivores and eat grasses, straws and grains. The vulos are fed grains. The kaiila, thalarion are fed raw meat . Remember if the animal eats meat, he will more than likely enjoy you for a meal as well. The tarns are tended at the tarn cotes and feed in the wild. Please familiarize yourself with the beast before attempting to feed them.
Feeding Sleens
Scraps are gathered and fed to the sleens as well as raw meat. Generally this is done by a trainer and not the kajira since sleen are often used to hunt runaways, sleens are not given the opportunity to bond with slaves in anyway.
Herding Verr
These beasts feed in the grassy fields and need to be herded together. The young verr need to be watched over carefully to be sure they don't stray off to far.
Collecting Dried Bosk Dung
This is used as extra fuel and is not smelly, since it is already dried. It is to be collected in a sacks as the pens are cleaned and stored to add to the outside fires to augment the wood supply.
Washing the Animals
Use buckets and brushes to wash them, rinse, then comb or brush their coats . Polishing and oiling their hooves and horns may also be done as well as collecting the hair for weaving.
Restocking the Cellar
The by restocking the shelves, as well as general cleaning tasks like sweeping, mopping, dusting.
Cleaning the Guest Rooms of the hold
Sweep the floors, beating the furs, putting out fresh blankes, dust and prepare the rooms for visiting Guest.
Laundry
There are wash tubs, scrub boards and soap flakes available, for outside washing by the well where the clotheslines are situated.
Gathering and Stacking Wood
There is a woodshed where there are rolling barrels, rows of stacked wood and kindling, so just fill the barrel and take the wood to the metal wood holders by the hearths.
Beating the Furs
Air them by hanging after shaking them free of dirt and debris. Then use a short thick stick to beat the fur, loosening any hidden dirt.
Restocking Medical Kits
Each item in the med kits needs to be restocked after use as well as replaced if soiled or old. They are located in various places throughout the home and in each building.
Making Bandages
Use new rep cloths (not silk) wash them, then rip them into long strips and boil them so they're sterile, dry them and then roll them up and store them in the medical kits and dry storage.
Making Medical Salves
Combination of herbs, oils and botanicals cooked or prepared with bosk lard and put in small sterile containers.
Weaving Cloth
Warp the loom by putting the thread/yarn onto the loom. Weave by going under and over each thread and use a shuttle to push the weave tightly together. Remember to keep the weave consistent in its tightness and pull the weft to keep it straight. You can also change colors of thread to make patterns. Finish by tying the ends off and cutting it from the loom .
Embroidery and Mending
Working a needle and thread in a colorful pattern upon fabric to create a design or repairing small rips, tears or slices in clothing or other cloth items that may be damaged. This is a good chore to perform when others are gathered and you'd like to remain but not appear lazy.
Picking Flowers
Put them in vases, hang them to dry, or weave them into a garland.
Weeding the Pathways
Merely check for rocks and sharp objects, during the summer months remove any unwanted plants from the path.
Refilling the Lamps
The lamps use thalarion oil as fuel and needs to have their basins refilled on a regular basis, as well as the wicks need to be trimmed after each use and replacing.
Weaving Baskets
Soak limber limbs of wood in water until pliable. Form a strong base with thicker wood then use reeds grasses or cane to weave the sides. Add handles or vary the wood depending on the baskets use.
Leatherwork
Make a pattern, cut out the leather, then sew the leather. It can then be tooled, a design carved on the leather or dye the leather with a design or leave it plain.
Serving the Frees
The first and foremost chore accomplished is to serve the Frees in whatever capacity They see fit. At times however, this chore becomes completed and the Frees have no requirements of the kajira.
Clean the Kitchen
The kitchen in the Hold needs to be clean. This would include not only washing the cabinets, shelves and cooking surfaces but also sweeping and mopping the floors, making blackwine, refilling the heating paga and kalana. The cleaned chairs should be lifted to the table tops and the entire floor cleaned.
Restocking Shelves
Old stock is rotated to be used first, restocking the back of the shelves with fresh. Items need to be rearranged so shelves have a neat appearance in the kitchen, pantry, dry storage as well as the cooler.
Washing Dishes and Serving Items
Hot water and lots of soap in the basin making sure they are well rinsed and the shelves are cleaned before the item is meticulously dried and put away. Please be very responsible at this time to inspecting the servery items for flaws, chips and damage. Nothing is to be kept that might bring any harm to our Frees.
Botas Cleaned and Refilled
Botas need to be rinsed and hung to dry between each use as well as needing refilling and storing until they are served. Some will be kept by the hearth for warmth and some in the chiller as well as stocking the bar.
Haul Water
The water supply for the is a well a few steps outside the kitchen door, there are various well but this is the closes, there a buckets turned upside down stacked neatly by the well. There are cask of water in the kitchen it is our jobs to keep them filled.
Gardening
There are multiple gardens throughout the Hold that need tending. Soil needs to be worked and softened as well as compost needs to be added. Seeds can be sown in rows as well as watering and weeding.
Gathering Herbs
The gardens are literally full with all types of herbs and botanticals. They can then be dried, placed in the cooler, or crushed for oils.
Gather Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
There are various gardens and a vast orchards that supply the Hold with more than enough fresh produce. After collecting and picking in baskets or carts it needs to be washed then stocked in the cooler or dry storage or it can be cooked, baked, or dried.
Milk the Bosk and Verr
Bring a clean pail and a three legs stool, wash the udder and with thumb and forefinger milk the bosk by pulling the teats in a downward motion until the bucket is full. The buckets are emptied thru a rep cloth strainer into casks. The heavier creams will be left on the cloth and can also be skimmed off the top of the casks after they settle. Clean and replace the pail and items used.
Churn Butter
Skim off the cream from the milk cask and pour it into a clean butter churn. Fasten the lid with paddle in place. Pump the handle up and down, as the paddle works through the heavy cream it will start to feel thick and it will be harder to move the handle. Eventually a ball of butter in the churn will make it too difficult to continue. Pull off the lid scraping the excess butter off the paddle. The butter will be stiff and need to be spooned and pressed into molds The liquid in the bottom of the churn needs to be poured off as the whey or buttermilk. Put the butter and strained buttermilk in the cooler. Clean the butter churn by wiping it down with clean cloth.
Make Cheese
Pour milk into a pan and heat. Add starter and cook until curds (lumps) form. Add rennet and any flavorings. Cook until it is the right thickness and consistency. Remove from the heat, then wrap the cheese in cheesecloth to hang in the cooler to age and harden. The longer it ages the more sharp or strong it becomes.
Cooking Meals
Generally this duty is performed by the Cook but often help by the kaji is necessary to make sure everyone gets fed. Please refer to the Taverns menu so you are aware of just what needs to be prepared. Although special orders usually can be made, please remember the menu items are the prepared items available for the Taverns Guests. Items and prices are found on the menu page.
Smoke Meat, Fish and Cheese
The smoker is a tight closet type space with shelves and small vents in the outside walls. Build a compact fire of sweet wood like kalana in the basin at the bottom of the smoker. Skewers of meat are hung on rods or laid on mesh shelves. There are also hooks for cheese. Close the doors tightly and wait . Three days minimum or longer for thicker items.
Curing Meats
Meat strips are dried and made into jerky. Meat can also be hung up and smoked liked hams, salted down in barrels, canned or frozen in the winter.
Butchering Meat
Remove the horns and store them for later use if the Free who hunted the animal does not wish them. Gut the animal and save the insides including bladder for future use and clean in a solution of water and disinfectant, then hang to dry. Skin the animal carefully by making circular cuts around each leg and the neck then pulling off the carcass. Be very careful that the hide is kept in one piece and is not nicked. Cut the meat into roasts and such, place in cooler or hang on hooks in quarter sections.
Cleaning Fish
Scrape off scales with a sharp knife in a nearly brushing motion in the opposite direction of their growth. Slit the fish from the anal opening up to its neckline. Pull out all guts and clean the cavity with water. Cut the head from body and lay the knife flat at the tail of the fish. Holding the tail firmly make a slow but steady slice up towards the neck, keeping the blade flat while traveling along the spine filleting the meat from the bones. Rinse fillets and store in the cooler. Use the scrapes to feed the sleens.
Tend the Vulo
Take a wheeled cart, rake, broom, baskets and feed buckets to the pens. Rake out the yard of any debris and put it in the cart. Feed the vulo in the yard, chasing any laying hens out of the coop to eat. While the vulo are eating , gather eggs leaving the small white stones in their place so the hens don't worry about their missing eggs. clean the shelves and replace straw to the nesting boxes if needed. Rake and sweep out the coop and carry any debris away in the cart. The eggs need to be washed and inspected for freshness and cracks before taken to the kitchens.
Cleaning the Animal Pens
Much like cleaning out the coop with the exception of larger waste products. After the animal is lead out and secured, use a shovel to rid the area of dung. Rake the floors and apply a light dusting of lime before replacing the straw to the floor. Clean and refresh the water troughs.
Feeding the Animals
The bosk are herbivores and eat grasses, straws and grains. The vulos are fed grains. The kaiila, thalarion are fed raw meat . Remember if the animal eats meat, he will more than likely enjoy you for a meal as well. The tarns are tended at the tarn cotes and feed in the wild. Please familiarize yourself with the beast before attempting to feed them.
Feeding Sleens
Scraps are gathered and fed to the sleens as well as raw meat. Generally this is done by a trainer and not the kajira since sleen are often used to hunt runaways, sleens are not given the opportunity to bond with slaves in anyway.
Herding Verr
These beasts feed in the grassy fields and need to be herded together. The young verr need to be watched over carefully to be sure they don't stray off to far.
Collecting Dried Bosk Dung
This is used as extra fuel and is not smelly, since it is already dried. It is to be collected in a sacks as the pens are cleaned and stored to add to the outside fires to augment the wood supply.
Washing the Animals
Use buckets and brushes to wash them, rinse, then comb or brush their coats . Polishing and oiling their hooves and horns may also be done as well as collecting the hair for weaving.
Restocking the Cellar
The by restocking the shelves, as well as general cleaning tasks like sweeping, mopping, dusting.
Cleaning the Guest Rooms of the hold
Sweep the floors, beating the furs, putting out fresh blankes, dust and prepare the rooms for visiting Guest.
Laundry
There are wash tubs, scrub boards and soap flakes available, for outside washing by the well where the clotheslines are situated.
Gathering and Stacking Wood
There is a woodshed where there are rolling barrels, rows of stacked wood and kindling, so just fill the barrel and take the wood to the metal wood holders by the hearths.
Beating the Furs
Air them by hanging after shaking them free of dirt and debris. Then use a short thick stick to beat the fur, loosening any hidden dirt.
Restocking Medical Kits
Each item in the med kits needs to be restocked after use as well as replaced if soiled or old. They are located in various places throughout the home and in each building.
Making Bandages
Use new rep cloths (not silk) wash them, then rip them into long strips and boil them so they're sterile, dry them and then roll them up and store them in the medical kits and dry storage.
Making Medical Salves
Combination of herbs, oils and botanicals cooked or prepared with bosk lard and put in small sterile containers.
Weaving Cloth
Warp the loom by putting the thread/yarn onto the loom. Weave by going under and over each thread and use a shuttle to push the weave tightly together. Remember to keep the weave consistent in its tightness and pull the weft to keep it straight. You can also change colors of thread to make patterns. Finish by tying the ends off and cutting it from the loom .
Embroidery and Mending
Working a needle and thread in a colorful pattern upon fabric to create a design or repairing small rips, tears or slices in clothing or other cloth items that may be damaged. This is a good chore to perform when others are gathered and you'd like to remain but not appear lazy.
Picking Flowers
Put them in vases, hang them to dry, or weave them into a garland.
Weeding the Pathways
Merely check for rocks and sharp objects, during the summer months remove any unwanted plants from the path.
Refilling the Lamps
The lamps use thalarion oil as fuel and needs to have their basins refilled on a regular basis, as well as the wicks need to be trimmed after each use and replacing.
Weaving Baskets
Soak limber limbs of wood in water until pliable. Form a strong base with thicker wood then use reeds grasses or cane to weave the sides. Add handles or vary the wood depending on the baskets use.
Leatherwork
Make a pattern, cut out the leather, then sew the leather. It can then be tooled, a design carved on the leather or dye the leather with a design or leave it plain.