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The food fights here in Artemisia have evloved into this sort.  Much less
chance of angry cooks decending upon you, and much more creative..

Morgan of Hawksreach

- -----Original Message-----
From: Anne-Marie Rousseau <acrouss at gte.net>
To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG <sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: SC - Re: sca-cooks food fights


>hi all from Anne-Marie
>
>re: food fights
>
>here in An Tir, we have "civilized food fights". leagues of minions are
>enlisted and small bits of food are presented to the assualtee on small
>dishes, with attendant descriptions..."your grace...this was just lobbed at
>you and appears to have stuck on the points of your coronet. Shall I wait
>for a reply?"
>
>often the "ammunition" becomes more and more elaborate as the foodstuffs
>are ornamented and added to. My favorite was the viking boat made out of a
>?carrot? (cant remember), complete with little shields and oarsmen and a
>sail. When sent to "hit" someone, it came back, being attacked by a giant
>squid made out of green beans.
>
>And then there was the anatomically correct snowman made out of cheap
>squishy white bread...(OK, he started out as just a snowman, but his pudgy
>little face looked like her ex-husband....what was a girl to do?)
>
>Most of the peers I know carry small dishes, plates and bowls with them for
>exactly this purpose. Boredom may indeed be a reason for this, but no food
>is thrown, and there is no cleanup (if I caught anyone actually pitching
>food I think I'd have to hurt them. not only does it waste food, but
>there's usually a damage deposit to the tune of several hundred dollars on
>our rental sites here). Usually the foodstuffs used are the wastel, ie
>scraps that would have been thrown out.
>
>Y'all should give it a try!
>
>--AM
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