SC - Interkingdom Anthropology??

[Penny]

Well, Bear Ansteorra has 3 individuals that would be considered cooking
laurels,
there is Mistress Reginleaf, myself and our newest laurel Master Rosario.
It's been a long time coming in Ansteorra but it is getting better.  I've
noticed more feasts (at least down here in the southern region) having more
period foods.  I know Baroness Clarissa and I have traveled up to the
western region to teach cooking classes on period foods, feast o crating and
'creative krogering... a way to get quick period meals by smart shopping...
for those that don't cook or don't have time to cook before an event.
hopefully more people will get on the period food band wagon! one can hope!

meadhbh
- -----Original Message-----
From: Decker, Terry D. <TerryD at Health.State.OK.US>
To: 'sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG' <sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 10:51 PM
Subject: RE: SC - Interkingdom Anthropology??


>> Now we might have cooking Laurels who cannot for
>> the life of them manage and cook a large feast, but do wonderful work
with
>> period sources and individual dishes.  Others might do large feasts
>> regularly, but with emphasis on edibility not historicity.
>>
>> A third area might be the cooking Pelican.  Some kingdoms tend to see
>> cooking as a service area not as an arts area and give Pelicans where
>> others would give Laurels.
>>
>> My two cents,
>> Elaina
>>
>My experience is that cooking and feasts are largely ignored in Ansteorra.
>A feast, good, bad or mediocre, is an adjunct to an event and few people
>consider the historical expertise or the effort that goes into it.
>
>If the service is recognized, it is considered to be local and is therefore
>worthy of a baronial award, but not a Pelican.  If this is the prevailing
>view, then a cook is more likely to be recognized as a Laurel, than a
>Pelican.
>
>As for cooking Laurels, the one I was most familiar with, Bjorn Magnusson
>Esping, actually was recognized for his enameling rather than his cooking
>ability or cooking knowledge, both of which I considered superior to his
>enameling.  To judge from some of the A&S competition comments I've seen,
>Laurels knowledgeable enough to be considered cooking Laurels are few and
>far between.  Being optimistic, I hope this changes for the better.
>
>Another tuppence for the kitty
>Bear
>
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