SC - Re: Cooking Laurels

[Ann & Les Shelton]

I've been a Laurel for 8? 9? years now, and don't have any apprentices.  I was
sort of casually apprenticed to the one Laurel (a costumer) in our mundane state
(MT) (only one at the time--there are more now) for about a year before I was
elevated, but it was pretty informal.
Of the Laurels I know in Artemisia, some were apprenticed beforehand, and some
weren't.  Some have very unusual fields of interest (Master Sir Kian, in our
Barony, got his Laurel for stonecarving and Norse language research).  I guess
it depends as much as anything on your population base/density and the number of
Laurels in your geographic area, let alone what they're able to teach.
I've always felt that everyone I meet has something I can learn, and have
(personally) never felt the need to make a formal commitment with anyone as my
student.  I guess I prefer to think of us as all learning together.  Kinda like
a non-electronic version of these lists, I guess.  Some know more about some
things, but we all know something about something.
- --Maire, who's going to quit rambling and go back to work on The Eternal
Blackwork Chemise <g>



> Bonne penned:
> I've wondered about this for a long time.  Is apprentiship a requirement for
> eventually getting a laurel?  Or just a tradition that you can get around by
> doing everything that much more loudly, obviuosly and longer in order to get
> the laurels who are busy singing and lace-making and etc. to notice? What if
> you don't know a cooking laurel you feel close enough, as in location as
> well as in compatability, to make such a commitment to?
>
> The reason I joined to this list was because I didn't find anyone at the
> local level that thought the research and testing of old recipes was a fun
> way to play with food. I've met some since then but they are at the same
> level I am.  I've since learned there is a cooking laurel in this kingdom,
> but I've never met her face to face and wouldn't be able to work with her in
> person even if we weren't moving away.  Then again, if I were apprenticed,
> perhaps that would change the events I would choose to attend, because of
> having a laurel to need to see.
>
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