From that he led me to their kitchin; wheir ware 3 spits full of meat rosting (sometymes they have 7 when the Colledge is full).

Thanks to dlynn, Paige Caldwell, and EPurSeMouve, without whose TERRIFIC holiday fics I never would have thought of this.

In culinary terms the flower heads are known as buzz button, Szechuan button and electric button.

Hanging from the beams were bunches of dried herbs, still fragrant from the last spring: moly and mint, yarrow and lambsfoot, tansy and thyme. A small pallet lay in the corner. Gawen guessed it was a daybed for naps.