[Bryn-gwlad] Kitchen Thanks You

[Deborah Zallen]

Garry and I were happy to pitch in when we could.  I wish we could have
spent more time but the buttons and brooches kept calling!

Deborah

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From: bryn-gwlad-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:bryn-gwlad-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Dottie J
Elliott
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 9:45 PM
To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad
Subject: [Bryn-gwlad] Kitchen Thanks You

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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