SC - feast catapults

[Bronwynmgn at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/20/2000 1:03:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
kelan at mindspring.com writes:

<< I am toying with the idea of putting small catapults and bunches of grapes
 out with the second remove at our feast of thirty event.  The current design
 has a small pin that allows you to load grapes and melon balls but not more
 messy items like soup or hummus.  Does anyone have any feast fight
 experience? >>

Other than small balls of bread being thrown about, no.  And considering how 
many people like to dress up for feast, I think you might well have some 
irate folks who would want you to pay their cleaning bills when their nice 
garb gets grape juice and squished melon all over it.

In my opinion, the medieval feasts we are creating, while not always "polite" 
by our standards (ie bones being thrown on the floor), were probably not for 
ruffians either.  I know there are references to making the stableboys and 
other uncouth persons sit together, under the direct supervision of their 
master, with the assumption that they wouldn't know how to behave properly in 
hall and would need a chaperone.  Hey Lainie, do any of your etiquette books 
say anything about throwing food?

Brangwayna Morgan