[Ansteorra] General event question

[Chris Zakes]

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