Food fights at feasts was...Re: SC - Decline in members signing up for feast.... Opinions?

[maddie teller-kook]

Here in Ansteorra, white grapes are a delicious fruit and a projectile during
feast. we usually only do this when we eat out doors so the hall isn't damaged.
We even got our king a small siege engine that shot grapes one year at pennsic.
....
fun, fun, fun.

Meadhbh

Anne-Marie Rousseau wrote:

> 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!!
>
> --Anne-Marie
> Madrone/An Tir
> Seattle/WA
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