[Ansteorra] The tradition of the "Second Place Cheesecake"

[Owen ap Aeddan]

I gave one to Louie at my coronation.

Owen

On 1/13/13, Sarapenrose <sarapenrose at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think you mean 1998. :)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jan 13, 2013, at 11:07 AM, Michael Gunter <dookgunthar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Can anyone tell me about the origin of the tradition of presenting a
>>> cheesecake to the person who takes second place in Crown Tournament?
>>> Curiously,
>>> Zubeydah
>>
>> It started way back in 1988. I was on a losing streak of placing 2nd in
>> Crown for the third
>> time in a row.  A young squire named Timotheous (Timo) felt that it was
>> kind of disappointing
>> that the person who got so close to the big hat never got any
>> acknowledgement and should
>> have something to make the loss a little sweeter.  So in Court the night
>> of
>> Crown tournament
>> he awarded me a cheese cake with a candle in the shape of a "2".
>>
>> The next Crown tournament I won and Duke Jean Richard was presented with
>> the cheesecake.
>> I tried to make sure there was a cheesecake presented to the second place
>> finisher either at
>> Crown or soon after for a few years but the tradition eventually died
>> out,
>> especially once I'd moved
>> to Atenveldt.
>>
>> Side note: I started the tradition in Atenveldt when I lived there as
>> well.
>>
>> Gunthar
>> 11 time bridesmaid
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