SC - bird or bay?

[Griff41520@aol.com]

                      RE>O-T laurels                               9/25/97

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Interesting... until I heard Adamantius' happy news a short time ago, I was
under the distinct impression that one COULD NOT GET a Laurel for cooking... 
I don't know if this is a Westie thing exclusively; or if it is one of those
SCA "urban legends," like "they always knight any unbelted fighter who wins
Crown" (which is decidedly untrue!)... but I have been in for 14 years and had
it relayed to me on several occasions that cooking was considered a service,
and not an art/science.  
Any insights on this?  Could this be (like the absence of Rapier Laurels) a
West thing?  Or was I just sadly misinformed?  
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What is a Rapier Laurel?  Since Rapier fighting has yet to be included in the
West, if it has to do with that skill, I would assume that is why it doesn't
exist here... As for the always belting a fighter who wins Crown, I have it on
good authority that they do always offer, sometimes the person turns it down-
if they have the honor to realize that is the main reason they are getting it
at that time and wish to prove themselves by their reign first.  I do not know
if there are no Laurels in the West for cooking, but seeing as there do seem
to be fewer feasts and less interest in cooking here than I see refered to in
other Kingdom's posts, perhaps it is just one of those percentage things?
- -brid
(who wishes there were as many feasting events here as there seem to be out
there in the rest of the Known World)

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