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Joan's famous victory feast at Orléans was a feast of the commoners, and we commemorate that with a nod to the medieval "trencher" (simple wood plate). Krewe members used a wood-burning stamp to add the krewe coat of arms to these eco-friendly palm leaf plates. The 8" plates look like wood but are quite lightweight.
The back has the story: "Medieval Trencher: The 1429 feast celebrating Joan’s victory and the end of the English siege of Orléans, was no grand castle affair, but instead was exquisitely seasoned with survivors’ relief, soldiers’ combat high, bitter grief for lost loved ones, and — for the first time in decades — the hope that France could turn the tide of the war. These soldiers, town militia and magistrates, merchants, craftsmen and commoners, would have eaten on wooden “trencher” plates (from the old French “tranchier” meaning “to cut”). Early medieval trenchers were actually slices of stale bread tossed to animals after the meal. By the 1300s the bread trenchers gave way to flat, thin round wood trenchers. Only a few very rich had metal plates. Today the trencher lives on as a cheese board."
