SC - Meat Pies

[John Henschen]

Greetings,

I entered the Northern Lights Pentathalon here in the East recently.  While
I recieved a scroll for winning the cooking category, I shared the top honor
with the Kitchen crew (of which I was not a part).  The Kitchen crew entered
their entire feast.  Complete with documentation.  Everything.  It was
wonderfully done.  

I think entering A&S can be very educational.  I recieved very encouraging
comments on all of the pieces I entered.  None of them were nasty in the
least.  I think that it also helps to encourage scholarship and research
skills.  Judges can be very helpful in where to go for sources and how to
find them.

Yours,
Avelina Keyes
East Kingdom

http://www.geocities.com/athens/academy/9523

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> From: 	Varju at aol.com[SMTP:Varju at aol.com]
> Sent: 	Thursday,June 25,1998 1:57 PM
> To: 	sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: 	Re: SC - Competitions?
> 
> In response to Poppa Gunther's questions about entering A&S Competitions.
> . .
> 
> I personally enter them to get my work out where it can be seen and to get
> comments on my work and documentation.  I have never entered anything food
> related, either.  There are a couple of reasons for that, the main one
> being
> that I really have way too many irons in the fire right now and want to
> devote
> time to some of my other interests.  The other is that I cook feasts
> because I
> enjoy cooking.
> 
> I do agree that period food is best presented as a feast rather than an
> entry
> into a competition because then everyone has an opportunity to try the
> fruits
> of the cooks research and a single dish in a competition, to me, is a bit
> out
> of the proper context.  On the other hand, I think is important for those
> who
> period cooking to enter competitions, because it is always an under
> represented art (here at least) and it is a way to work on breaking down
> the
> myths about period food that people still hold.
> 
> How's that for wishy-washy?
> 
> Noemi
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