All food experimentation regarding food is on hold until I recover from a nasty case of asthmatic bronchitis.  I don’t want to alter my diet too much while my body is in a weakened state.  Besides, Prednisone is making me cranky, and giving up processed food right now will probably push me over the edge and make me unbearable to live with. So, in lieu of eating a medieval diet, I elected to see if I could find any more primary sources about what people used to wipe after defecating.  This was one of the comments on my paper, and definitely something worthwhile to address. I actually found the primary…

A thought occurred to me.  A modern diet is different than a medieval one.  Therefore, bowel movements would be different.  This would impact the use of the toilet paper alternatives, and provide me with a less accurate means to analyze them.  So, I am electing to eat a medieval diet from each region and time period prior to using their appropriate means of cleansing after defecating.  And while it may seem excessive, I am of the opinion that if I am going to do this, I am going to go all the way. And therefore, it is necessary for me to revise my 8 week time period to include time…

On March 1, 2016, the EK Gazette posted a paper I wrote about the history of toilet paper. (https://eastkingdomgazette.org/2016/03/01/arts-sciences-research-paper-7-life-before-toilet-paper/)  It was the work of many months.  And even though I am pleased with the paper, I still have much to do. One of the suggestions I received was for me to try each of the items and to review them.  I had received this suggestion before, and after much consideration, I’ve decided that it is the natural progression for this project. I have also elected to expand my research to include what the toilet facilities were like.  I’ve briefly discussed Roman toilets, and so this is where I am going…