SC - Fw: [Mid] feasting book

[Alderton, Philippa]

More good info from the Middlebridge.

phlip at morganco.net

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: Date: Thursday, January 15, 1998 06:54:27 
: From: Roy Coutinho
: To: Middlebridge
: Subject: [Mid] feasting book
: 
: I posted yesterday about this book on fesivals and now I've got it in 
: front of me...
: 
: Cosman, Madeleine Pelner;  _Medieval Holidays and Festivals_; Published 
: by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York in 1981; ISBN 0-684-17172-4.
: 
: I'll list here, for educational purposes only, credit where credit is 
: due, basically the important Banquet Officers this book describes:
: 
: 1) Almoner, collects leftover food gifts for the poor, symbol is a large 
: "alms" dish.
: 2) Butler, Protects and mixes wines, symbols are the large keys to the 
: wine cellar.
: 3) Carver, carves meats at table, symbol is big carving knife
: 4) Chief Cook, protecting feasters' health and creating food art, symbol 
: is a tasting spoon and a painting feather.
: 5) Cup Bearer, tests wines and drinks for purity and safety, symbol is a 
: tastng cup.
: 6) Dresser, arranges food on serving platters, symbol is tweezers or 
: scissors.
: 7) Laverer, brings water to feasters to wash hands, symbol is an 
: "Aquamanile" (a water pitcher) and a fringed towel.
: 8) Master of Venerie, presents important game animals as hunting 
: trophies, symbol is a hunting horn.
: 9) Page, directs feasters to tables and refills cups, symbol is a small 
: cap with a feather.
: 10) Pantler, cuts upper crust of ceremonial bread and prepares bread 
: trenchers, symbol is a "Portpayne" (ceremonial knife for cuting upper
crust.
: 11) Patisser, making and decorating pastry and cakes, symbol is an icing 
: comb.
: 12) Quistron, turns spits for roasting meats, symbol is a pair of heavy 
: gloves.
: 13) Rotisser, designs, prepares, and presents roasted food, symbol is 
: some long needles.
: 14) Saucer, prepares sauces and glazes, symbol is a stirring spoon.
: 15) Servitor, ceremonially serves food at tables, symbol is a baldric.
: 16) Surveyor of Ceremonies, directs all feast fesitvities,  symbol is a 
: large key.
: 17) Warner, creates subtleties (food-art), symbol is a painting feather 
: and a sculpturing knife.
: 
: There's a few positions that are the minimum needed so smaller households 
: may only have these:
: Butler, Chief Cook, Laverer, Page, Pantler, Servitor, and Surveyor of 
: Ceremonies.
: 
: I'll betcha that if one wanted to, one could find a name amoung thesefor 
: each SCA member participating in a feast.  I think it would be impossible 
: tho, to choose just one that *everybody* would agree is the ultimate and 
: only name to give the "artist formerly known as Feast-o-crat."  I'd say 
: that it would be cool to see a feast which utilized each of these 
: positions, but *I* wouldn't want to run it! ;)  
: 
: But if you're interested in feasting -- go get this book!
: --Lady Sophia of Sternfeld
: 
: From:  Roy Coutinho <cebus at in.net>
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