SC - trial by fire

[Weaver8002 at aol.com]

But, first, I have received several letters on the list welcoming me.  Thank 
you.  
(the rock sounds like more fun than the hall.  All the witty people are under 
there.)

In July, the Barony gets out the big pavilions and sets them up to see what 
kind of shape they are in.  And once we get them up, we have a little party.  
The food is supplied by a competition.

The rules as I remember them are:

1) It must be a period recipe or made of period ingredients. (Weaverly's Root 
is the final reference.)

2) It must be cooked over a portable heat source -- i.e., grill, propane 
cooking ring, Coleman camp stove.  (Note: setting the pavilion on fire will 
get you disqualified.)

3) There can be no more prep work done off site than would be done before 
leaving for Pensic  (for instance, when I made spiced pork roast last year, 
all I did at home was grind the spices)

4) The categories are:  best over all, meat, vegetables, deserts.  (Last year 
best veggie was won by a loaf of bread.)

Last year was only the second time we have done this.  Its meant to be a 
small baronial thing, but we had lots of very welcome outsiders.  Someone was 
heard to say "I didn't know cooking was a spectator sport."

Margherita la Tessatrice 
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