Re(2): sca-cooks Re: End of the Feast

[Heather Swann]

> YE GODS! People maintain an on-board space for themselves at events 
> they cook for? Oh, Oh, Oh, aren't we grand? Pin a rose on me, mater, 
> for I'm to be Queen of the May! Losing ten pounds in perspiration alone 
> in a hot kitchen isn't good enough for you, eh? Well, I'll tell 
> you something, my Lady: When you're walkin' 'ome tonight and some 
> great 'omicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of mawmenny with 
> a side of mortrews blanc, don't come crying to me! 
>  
> That was LUXURY! When I was a lad we used to sit on the hot 
> rangetop, eating shards of broken glass! And if you tell this to 
> young kids today, they wouldn't believe it! 

That's kids these days..... :-)
>  
> Ahem! Sorry about the outburst. One of the interesting things about a 
> list like this is a chance to hear about the way diffferent things 
> are done differently around the known world... . 
>  
> Adamantius, who is lucky he doesn't actually have to PAY for the seat 
> he has never used.. 

I never save an on-board seat for myself.  I don't really sit down much while 
cooking.  I could, actually, since I like to have things set up well enough 
that there is never an all-hands panic, but my Virgo nature won't let me.  
When I cook, I try to make sure my crew gets fed in shifts, and I eat a bit 
here and there unless someone shoves food at me, and then I'll have a bowl of 
something.  Mainly, I drink water as much as possible.  I also find that a 
glass of wine at the start of the day makes for a lack of stressed muscles 
later.  I just always figure that my responsibility is to the crowd to provide 
the best period feast for the buck, and to my crew to make sure they aren't 
run ragged due to a lack of preparation and organization on my part.

Miri