Tundra
March 17th, 2008, 02:16 PM
Dollhouse miniatures can represent and portray many different eras in history. One era that I like portrayed in miniature is the Second World War Homefront. And of course there's miniature food to go with that, to reflect the rationing of the time. Some foods were scarce, but women tried their best to make the meals on offer as interesting and tasty as possible. The vegetable roll with potato pastry was a reflection on the lack of butter and other traditional pastry making ingredients. One vegetable roll could have been a family meal, or been served up in slices for a party.
I got these instructions not from my head, but from issue 158 of the Dolls House World Magazine, but I have modified it, explained the steps more, and also taken photos of the process.
Vegetable Roll with Potato Pastry
You Will Need:
Polymer Clay- ( I use both fimo and sculpey, they can mix in together just fine. ) in white, orange, yellow, green. (optional: chocolate brown, tan, and translucent)
Brown pastel chalk (and/or other 'cooking' kinds of colours such as dark orange, black, tan)
Useful Things that are not necessities : a workmat, a scalpel or craft knife, a rolling pin, an emery board or sandpaper, a paintbrush.
What To Do
Roll out some white clay, and cut these into approximately 1 inch by 1 1/4 inch (2.5 cms by 3 cms) rectangles. Cut as many rectangles as you want vegetable rolls.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070168.jpg
Roll out thin 'sausages' of all the other colours. It doesn't matter if these break or aren't even.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070171.jpg
Cut or break these sausages into small pieces, of various lengths and sizes. 'Stir' these around so that the same colour isn't all together.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070172.jpg
Put the above pieces on top of the white clay rectangles and roll them so that they are inside. If you didn't make the clay the right size the first time, just stretch it out now- it doesn't matter if it's not perfectly smooth and even.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070175.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070176.jpg
Rub the pastel onto some paper or your emery board, and using a finger or a paintbrush, lightly rub it on the top side of your roll, until it looks like it's been 'cooked'. If you want you can have slight burn marks- because it would have been served anyway!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070179.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070184.jpg
Make some decorative criss crosses on the top using your craft knife or other sharp blade.
Women would have served these differently- you may want to cut the ends off your roll so that it looks like it was made in a neat cylinder shape, or you may want to leave it so the 'pastry' overhangs, or even close up the end of the pastry.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070185.jpg
Slice a few slices off your vegetable roll. (if you want, you could have one or two slices with bits cut off because they're in the process of being eaten!)
Bake according to the instructions on your polymer clay packet.
Put on miniature plates, and 'serve'!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070193.jpg
I got these instructions not from my head, but from issue 158 of the Dolls House World Magazine, but I have modified it, explained the steps more, and also taken photos of the process.
Vegetable Roll with Potato Pastry
You Will Need:
Polymer Clay- ( I use both fimo and sculpey, they can mix in together just fine. ) in white, orange, yellow, green. (optional: chocolate brown, tan, and translucent)
Brown pastel chalk (and/or other 'cooking' kinds of colours such as dark orange, black, tan)
Useful Things that are not necessities : a workmat, a scalpel or craft knife, a rolling pin, an emery board or sandpaper, a paintbrush.
What To Do
Roll out some white clay, and cut these into approximately 1 inch by 1 1/4 inch (2.5 cms by 3 cms) rectangles. Cut as many rectangles as you want vegetable rolls.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070168.jpg
Roll out thin 'sausages' of all the other colours. It doesn't matter if these break or aren't even.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070171.jpg
Cut or break these sausages into small pieces, of various lengths and sizes. 'Stir' these around so that the same colour isn't all together.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070172.jpg
Put the above pieces on top of the white clay rectangles and roll them so that they are inside. If you didn't make the clay the right size the first time, just stretch it out now- it doesn't matter if it's not perfectly smooth and even.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070175.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070176.jpg
Rub the pastel onto some paper or your emery board, and using a finger or a paintbrush, lightly rub it on the top side of your roll, until it looks like it's been 'cooked'. If you want you can have slight burn marks- because it would have been served anyway!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070179.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070184.jpg
Make some decorative criss crosses on the top using your craft knife or other sharp blade.
Women would have served these differently- you may want to cut the ends off your roll so that it looks like it was made in a neat cylinder shape, or you may want to leave it so the 'pastry' overhangs, or even close up the end of the pastry.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070185.jpg
Slice a few slices off your vegetable roll. (if you want, you could have one or two slices with bits cut off because they're in the process of being eaten!)
Bake according to the instructions on your polymer clay packet.
Put on miniature plates, and 'serve'!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v434/Livinginthepast/P1070193.jpg