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We've been busy for a while. First it was the experiments, then Pennsic, then we got on a boat and traveled from Boston to Montreal and back. We are finally home for a while, but Cynthia wants to enter an SCA Arts and Science Competition, so has a deadline to get that together. In addition, since we got married, while at Pennsic, there's all sorts of name changing stuff to do! So Cynthia needs to decides the format of the submission. We've decided to bring the pots, the two querns we have, a "faux" barley bundle from our kit. The pots as well as the imitation barley are obvious, but why two querns?  Amazon purchased quern The Amazon purchased quern, showing how many times grain needs to be ground to become flour. At top left, is the whole grain hulled barley. Then, left to right has been passed through the quern, once to five time to become finer. Just below the fifth, is the sixth, which is a reasonable flour. Also pictured is a bone spoon. I also have a reproduc...