SC - Re: Food fights at feasts

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	Greetings all!
	I have had the missfortune of being invited to a feast for peers that was
being funded, cooked, and served by the kingdoms suires.  The peers began
to act in very unpeerlike ways, an odd grape or even a roll or small piece
of fruit to the ready I have little problem with, but when one well known
Duke decided to throw a large bowl of veggies, bowl included, across the
tented feast area at his target lady, I got up and asked forgiveness of the
squires for the behavior of those who went to far.  I then removed myself
from the tent.  I was chased down and asked by the offending Duke why I
thought I had the right to do that.  I told him if he had to ask it was a
waste of my breath to explain it to him.
	I know a little bit of fruit or bread is not much of a problem and the
idea of sent surprises like the Viking longboat are wonderful and VERY
acceptable.  I have a real problem with folks treating the Kitchen stewards
efforts as trash to be thrown.  It was very rude to those squires who had
worked for hours to prepare and serve this feast for the peerage.  Hope no
one else has to go through something that gets that far out of line.
	All names are deliberately omitted because most are still among the living
and playing.
	Balldrich

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> From: Stapleton, Jeanne <jstaplet at mail.law.du.edu>
> To: 'sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG'
> Subject: SC - RE: Food fights at feasts was...
> Date: October 12, 1998 11:29 AM
> 
> 
> Oh my gosh!!!!!
> AM here....
> 
> we do the "polite food fight" here too. I wonder if it evolved
> independantly in both places? We often will "hire" messengers. Small
> dainty dishes are packed especially for this. Often the food will become
> altered, ie a mini subtlty, if you will.
> 
> my favorites have included the anatomically correct dough boy made out
> of squishy bread (sent to a lady having marital problems who made it
> look even MORE like her ex by lopping off choice bits!), and the norse
> longship complete with oars that became engulfed by a giant squid made
> of green beans (we had to do something with them...they were OOP. you
> didnt expect us to eat them, did you!?)			
> 
> I find it fascinating that in Adamantius neck of the woods they do this
> too! and I thought it was something that we came up with all on our own
> :) about five years ago!!
> 
> 	I remember the squid of green beans!  That was slick.
> 
> 	Ummmmm...I might possibly be a vector for this charming
> 	custom.  As I recall, I was first exposed to this
> 	practice when attending an event with Her Grace Jacyntha
> 	(I *think* was Crown Princess then) in An Tir.  I thought
> 	it was charming and made sure we had silver trays and
> 	paper slips packed for the Crown Council feast in An Tir
> 	that year--where quite a few visiting dignitaries were
> 	present.
> 
> 	An observation from that feast: I've discovered that
> 	civilized food fighting is a lot like the Olympics; it
> 	generally starts with bits of bread (the compulsories)
> 	and progresses to the advanced entries that display
> 	either punning wit or sophisticated artistry.  At that
> 	feast, my two favorites in those categories were when
> 	Rorik (who is an Edmonton city cop) sent to duchess
> 	Elina of Beckenham (then a military MP) a salt cellar
> 	and a battery from my flashlight..."a salt and battery"...
> 
> 	The other was one Baniarla Sineidin sent me that was
> 	an exquisite lady's face with a wimple and veil made
> 	from flower petals.
> 
> 	Anyway, I then took this on the road...among other
> 	places, to the Eastern Royalty Dinner at Pennsic.
> 	Brian Tarragon (currently King Brian of the East)
> 	sent a flayed chicken carcass to us, blood eagle
> 	style, as "the juggernaut of Atenveldt"; and Duke
> 	Artan (then King of the Outlands) was sitting next
> 	to me and got very absorbed in his notes and who
> 	he was fighting with; when I moved here, they were
> 	doing it at feasts.
> 
> 	So...I'm equally positive the idea has occurred to
> 	someone else at some time.  But it's at least
> 	possible it stems from these two particular feasts.
> 
> Berengaria
>
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