sca-cooks Terminology

Stephen Bloch sbloch at adl15.adelphi.edu
Thu Apr 10 07:37:39 PDT 1997


> Hey, here's a period term for the one in charge of the kitchen.
> 
> "Bottlier"
> 
> Basically, instead of "feastocrats" we can be the "Butlers".

My understanding was that the "bottler" or "butler" was literally in
charge of bottles, just as the "panter" was in charge of the bread (and
hence the pantry), the "kerver" was in charge of carving meat, etc.

					Steve / Joshua


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