Re- SC - back on topic (was

[Mark Harris]

>Not only  a made-up word, but an ungainly, ugly, and silly one, at 
>that.
>Even "kitchencrat" is preferable to me, over feastocrat. As I recall, 
>we
>didn't use that term in the East, for the most part, until perhaps ten
>years ago. First person I ever heard use it was an expatriate 
>Meridien.
>I don't recall there being another title used, other than cook, with a
>small "c". To distinguish between the "head" cook and the other cooks,
>IIRC, we used to call all those working in the kitchen "the cooks", 
>but
>the person who has since come to be known as the head cook or the
>feastocrat was the person "doing the cooking", or "in charge of the
>cooking".


I'm usually "Chief cook and bottle washer", but then I come from a very
small group and usually am the last one out of the kitchen. THose of you
from bigger groups who get to leave the kitchen when the feast is over
and let others deal with the dishes don't know how lucky you are!

Julleran
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