SC - Cooking for 2 at war?

[Victoria Wilson]

Was Estrella XIII in 91?  I went to that one and, it could easily have
been a monsoon war too.
Kinga Roux

Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 10/27/1999 8:38:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
> acrouss at gte.net writes:
> 
> <<
>  As I and the rest of my household are very busy when we're at SCA events,
>  we often dont do a hot breakfast, but instead do a "brunch" of the lunch
>  foods mentioned above, along with some harboiled eggs and some sticky rolls.
> >>
> 
> My household is also VERY busy during WAR!  I am the only non-combatant (and
> I will soon be joining their ranks, when Brother William finishes my bow.)
> and we all volunteer (we have several people who are deputy autocrats for
> Estrella.)  Because of our busy schedules I will not allow anyone to leave
> camp without a good hot breakfast, because they may not eat again until after
> dark.
> I usually make a grain porridge of some sort .  You can find pre-mixed bags
> of the stuff at most groceries, or go to the bulk foods section and mix your
> own.  I serve it with honey, and butter, and I usually throw some raisins and
> pine nuts into the pot.At Estrella XIII (the Monsoon War) on Sunday morning
> after our food tent had been inundated (not to mention the now famous
> floating air mattress bit) I drove into Goodyear and bought instant oatmeal
> and enough dry firewood to make a fire, because we REALLY needed something
> warm in us right away.
> For those who do not know, Estrella is held in the Desert of Atenveldt in
> February, our coldest month.  Daytime temps can be in the nineties, but are
> usually in the eighties.  Lows are in the thirties and forties.  You can
> expect at least one windstorm and one day of rain and you'll probably wake up
> one morning with a rime of ice on all the standing water.  Biggest health
> problem (despite the rumors of respiratory problems plaguing the last one) is
> heat exhaustion, followed by sunburn.
> 
> Mordonna The Cook
> SunDragon Western Reaches
> Atenveldt
> (m.k.a. Buckeye, AZ)
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