SC - SC-OT-For Cooking Laurels/Pelicans

[Rayne/Richard]

One of the things that works out well for us is the current usage of most Peers to have
belt colors for their students (red for squires, green for apprentices and yellow for
protégés).  My husband and I travel throughout the Known World (he is a Master
Electrician).  i.e. We spent a few months in St. Louis, 6 months south of SLC, Utah, and
just finished four months in Louisiana. as well as just about everywhere else  :-)
"Coming to an area near you soon!"  (smiling- but really leaving for Tempe/PHX in a few
days!)

When we show up for the first meeting with our "calling cards" (my word) showing, Peers
and students make an effort to come up and ask "who is on the other end of that belt?".
Many people from different places actually KNOW our Peers and even those that don't tend
to take us under their wing (good Pelican verbiage) and help, guide and teach us while
we are temporality there in their lands.   I (and my lord) have learned much from the
teachers we have met in other places and feel grateful that they freely add to our
instruction for the short time we play with them.  I honestly have found that without my
"belt", I would be ignored "as a transient".  "She is only going to be here for a few
weeks or so, not enough time to get to know her or let her help or learn"  Part of being
a protégé is giving and learning service.  My relationship with my Peer allows me to do
this more easily as we travel.

Rayne

Lorix wrote:

> Rayne/Richard wrote:
>
> > <snip
>
> > My own Pelican lives in Atlanta, GA and my husband's Knight (hubby is a squire)
> > live in almost center Mississippi.  We all work very hard to make the
> > relationships work.  The
> > Knight travels north and my husband travels south to meet in the Middle as often
> > as possible.  They talk on the computer and on the telephone and keep each other
> > posted on what they bother need and require.  As a protégé my service to my Peer
> > is service to the Society.  I keep her posted to what I am doing, how I am
> > doing, seek her advice and counsel...attempt to follow it, serve where I can.
> > We have both been in the SCA a great many years and this helps.
>
> <snip>
>
> I live in Tasmania (the little island down the bottom of Aust for those not in the
> know) and I am proteged to a Peer who lives in Sydney (3-4 hours flight time away).
> Admittedly, when I first became proteged I was in the same geographical area as my
> Pelican.  I became a protégé because I was interested in the same things as my
> Pelican:  particularly running feasts & medieval cooking.  For several years we ran
> feasts together and it was very 'hands on'.  Subsequently I moved to Melbourne then
> Hobart.  I am still her protégé.  The relationship has changed, but it was a change
> that occurred before I moved, as the relationship progressed.  Initially it was very
> hands on because that was what we both liked.  As my experience grew then the needs
> of the relationship changed.  I admire my Pelican immensely and she is a firm friend
> . . . and I also still 'check in' with her & keep her up to date with what I'm
> doing, how I'm going etc.
>
> What I was interested in was that it appeared that a different 'value' (not right
> word but can't think of better one :-) that was placed in belting a subordinate.
> The description a couple of weeks ago of the apprenticing (of Lord Ras, I think?)
> was one that showed far more formality than any that I have seen in Lochac.  I
> thought it sounded nice.  Is it common to have a sort of ceremony attached to the
> belting of a squire, protégé, or apprentice elsewhere?
>
> Lorix
>
> PS:  what is the difference between a laurel cooking and a pelican cooking?
> It's the same as the difference between a gourmet cooking and a gourmand.
> With the first there is absolutely spectacular food, beautifully presented but not
> very much of it and with the second, there is good food and lots of it :-)
>
> Lorix, running pitifully (cap in hand) towards yonder rock pleading for sanctuary
> :-)
>
> >
> > > "HICKS, MELISSA" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Why the geographic proximity?  Is it something to do with cross-Kingdom
> > > > politics or is it simply that cooking is a hands-on activity?
> > > >
> > > > Have any of you taken on a cooking apprentice that isn't in the same
> > > > geographic area?
> > >
>
> <snip>
>
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