[Ansteorra] General event question
Chris Zakes
dontivar at gmail.com
Tue Aug 17 12:10:00 PDT 2010
At 11:31 AM 8/17/2010, you wrote:
>It depends on whether we are camping or day-tripping. If camping or near-by
>day-tripping I prefer to eat the feast, if there is one.
>
>My own personal preference for feast is to have it buffet style. I
>invariably
>sit at the one table that the server forgets to bring enough to, or
>leaves off a
>course, or something. I'd rather make my own choices from dishes that are
>sitting in warmers at the buffet table. That way, I get enough of
>what I want,
>and it's still hot enough to be appetizing.
Unless you're at the end of the line, and the folks in front were a
bit too greedy.
>There is nothing worse than being
>served a dish that was supposed to be hot, but has become tepid, at
>best, by the
>time it gets to me.
Although that *is* a perfectly period occurrence. I once read about a
feast in period, where *all* the food arrived borderline-frozen
because the kitchen was so far from the hall, and it was mid-winter.
At the same time, the hall was so hot due to overcrowding that people
were breaking windows just to get some air. (No, I'm afraid I don't
remember which book. One of the hazards of working in a library: you
see lots of cool books, but rarely have time to note down the title
and author for later.)
-Tivar Moondragon
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