[Bryn-gwlad] Kitchen Thanks You

[Ysabeau]

One of my favorite memories from the day was popping in to check on
the girls and finding them all gathered around in a circle, peeling
veggies, giggling, and gossiping...and thankfully being able to
properly identify a parsnip much to my daughter's frustration! It was
one of those moments when the veil lifts a bit, even though it was a
thoroughly modern setting, and you can imagine the girls of the
household sitting there doing that very same thing in a manor house or
keep kitchen.

Thank you, Clarissa, for letting the girls into your kitchen and
providing them with the opportunity. I had a mom tell me how wonderful
it was because her daughter doesn't have any girls her age to hang out
with and she had a wonderful time in the kitchen. They are looking
forward to coming back.

I know that at least four of the girls were Kat, Juliana (from
Namron), Rurik's daughter (who's name I can't remember at the moment),
and Sarah (Melisande's (sp?) daughter).

In Service,
Ysabeau

On Feb 4, 2008 9:45 PM, Dottie J Elliott <clarissa at supportyou.com> wrote:
> Greetings Bryn Gwlad!
>
> The kitchen was blessed with some wonderful help this past weekend!
> I would like to thank everyone who helped. I did not get everyone's
> name so if I left off your name, please email me!  These are just a
> few of the people who helped make feast possible this past Saturday.
> Everyone who helped has my undying thanks! Without you, there would
> have been no feast!
>
> First, I would like to thank all the tween and teen kids that helped
> in the kitchen. Unfortunately, I did not get most of your names.
> Parents, thank you so much for sharing your children with me. You
> have awesome kids who didn't hesitate when asked to do any job.
> Without their invaluable help, we simply could not have gotten all
> the veggies peeled and chopped in time for the feast. They also
> helped clean dishes during the day. These kids then went on to serve
> the drinks at dinner! Many of them also helped with the drying once
> Alina started the final washing up.  We have the best bunch of kids
> in the known world!
>
> I would also like to thank my husband, Jehan, who helped collect all
> the cooking supplies from the shed and our house and made sure they
> got to the site and unloaded. He also ran to the store to get last
> minute supplies and then left the event to take care of our sick
> daughter. At the end of the event, he came back to load all the
> kitchen stuff back in the car!  Jehan and my son, Samuel, also helped
> stud all the pork loin with garlic and rub it with the spice rub late
> Friday evening while I was baking the cakes. My son also helped watch
> his sister in the morning, then came out to the event to help in the
> kitchen, help serve drinks and then help clean up.
>
> My apprentice, Elrique, took off from his busy work schedule to drive
> up here from Bordermarch to help. He helped Friday night peeling and
> cutting garlic and then spent all day Saturday in the kitchen doing
> all sorts of tasks that needed to happen. Thank you, Elrique!
>
> Baron Niklas devoted the entire day to the kitchen chopping, cutting
> and cooking!  Niklas also baked some wonderful bread for high table!
> Niklas and Elrique saved the roasted veggies when they wouldn't cook
> in the ovens by sauteing them on the stove at the last minute!
> Niklas, you are wonderful - thank you!
>
> Mistress Meadbhb spent most of the day in the kitchen as well as gave
> a class! She helped cut up the meat and veggies and took over the
> task of preparing the Cabbage dish. She also help dish up the feast
> as well.  Thank you!
>
> Sosha started early in the morning cutting up lots of meat. Then, she
> moved on to chopping various vegetables - at one time deciding to
> wear a few cabbage leaves as decoration!  Her cheerful smile made the
> day go much quicker and made the many kitchen tasks much easier!
> Thank you!
>
> Will and Lily spent the entire day in the kitchen helping with just
> about everything from peeling to chopping to cleaning and everything
> in between. They worked wonderfully with all the teenagers that came
> in to help. I have never seen a group have so much fun chopping and
> peeling! Their cheerfulness and readiness to jump at any task was
> marvelous!  Thank you for spending the whole day making sure the
> feast happened!
>
> Debra and her husband popped in and out of the kitchen helping where
> ever they could when they had a free few minutes. Mistress Clare also
> popped in and out helping whenever she could and helped us dish up
> the feast as well. Ajah (spelling?) was also in and out the kitchen
> helping with the cutting and chopping all day! Thank you all!
>
> I would also like to thank Alina for handling the washing up of the
> (seemingly) hundreds of bowls, pots, utensils, etc. She did a great
> job I would also like to thank Ben and Samuel who jumped in to help
> with the cleaning, drying and bowl collecting as well as Giotto and
> Uther who also came in to lend a hand to get the task finished up.
> Thank you!
>
> Many, many thanks to everyone. I apologize if I left your name off
> the list.  I really appreciate your help!  Thank you.
>
> Mistress Clarissa di Firenze
>
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