SC - The siege cook challenge.

[Michael Macchione]

On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Philip & Susan Troy wrote:

> Mark Schuldenfrei wrote:
> 
> > I'd like to echo Adamantius sentiment: how can we get the rest of you to
> > come out and play?

Uhmmmm,   I came out years ago... but what does that have to do with
cooking?  :)

> What I asked Tibor was if he thought perhaps the scenario was a bit
> intimidating for some folks. I gathered from some of the sideways
> references that people would be happy to listen to what other people had
> to say, while not necessarily contributing directly.

I think that as these challenges progress people will feel more
comfortable joining in.  I think the Perch recipe showed that people find
this idea interesting, but simply want to get their feet wet slowly.  I
know I would have given it a try except for two things: 1) this has been a
very busy week (pre pennsic and all that), and 2) I don't do fish... ur
uhm, I mean I don't cook seafood  :)

> Suppose, for instance, dinner was almost ready, and all the household
> cooks, except for you, were involved in the preparation of it. The
> master cook suddenly comes to you and says, "The steward has just
> informed me that four extra guests have just arrived. Dinner is almost
> ready, but it will go on for a couple of hours. Start cooking one dish
> now, so there will be enough food for all the guests without skimping,
> and it will be ready when we want to serve it in two hours."
> 
> This could prove to be helpful in getting to know who your persona
> really is, in trying to determine what you would have eaten in your
> native, period, non-SCA setting. 
>
This has got me thinking, this is the kind of thing that my persona would
need to know.  I've been slowly working towards my persona being a 14th
century French tavern keeper.  What would I do, if I had a larger than
normal crowd suddenly appear one night?  Whatkind of dishes would I
throw together to feed the customers.  What kind of supplies would I keep
just in case???  Hmmmmmm..... Something for me to think about.

 
> People are certainly welcome to suggest refinements on this idea: I just
> want to know what game people are comfortable playing.

I bet people would be willing to play almost any game, as long as you
remeber that these contest should be aimed at different levels, or be open
ended enough to allow people to be creative without being criticized.


> It's a beautiful day! C'mon out!

As I said earlier, I have...  Oh you me and join in the challenge, sure.

How about this scenario:

You're always-meaning-well mother knows you like to cook and knows you
enjoy "that Renaissance stuff", so she gets you a pasta maker for your
birthday, On the grounds that you have to make her an authentic Medieval
dish complete with home-made pasta.  She is imagining something along the
lines of spaghetti and meatballs in a marinara sauce. (cringe).  What do
you kind of dish would you make for her that would a) be period, b) be
agood first run with the pasta maker, and c) not offend her "modern
palate"???  


Kael

Yes I am stuck in this scenario???





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