SC - Paradise and Cubebs
Christine A Seelye-King
mermayde at juno.com
Sun Mar 5 14:12:57 PST 2000
well, i thought so, but was actively disabused of the notion.
elaina
On Sat, 4 Mar 2000 RichSCA at aol.com wrote:
> What an interesting concept. I do think that many cooks enjoy making the
> "something special" for the High Table, but I also know that waiting and
> waiting to serve the feast while the Royals do Royal things can make the
> populace short tempered and the cook feel unappreciated. Can't feast start
> without "them" and be "surprised" when "they" drop by the manor for a visit
> and supper?
>
> Rayne
> Meridies
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 3/4/00 5:20:39 PM Central Standard Time, stefan at texas.net
> writes:
>
> <<
> Well, I think this idea has merits. If we are going to hold Royalty out as
> high and mighty and much more important than the rest of the populace then
> this make sense. I find it rather insulting for the populace to have to wait,
> sometimes hours, for the feast because the Royalty are not ready at the
> scheduled time. And this has happened in Ansteorra. At an outdoor feast,
> which was threatening rain, while the Queen waved to the gathered populace
> and continued her leisurely walk to the showers. I would have gone ahead
> and served the feast but the headcook wouldn't.
>
> With a private cook, the populace could have gotten food when it was
> originally scheduled and the Royal Cook could have then worried about
> the Royalty getting fed.
>
> There is a precedent. Many Royalty bring their own heralds to events.
> Perhaps because these Royal heralds are more attuned to how Their
> Majesties prefer to handle court. If the Royalty don't like what is
> being served, then their cook. who is probably more attuned to their
> desires, can provide something else. They can just tell folks they
> are doing a special penitence or fast.
>
> As far as kitchen space goes, this has a similar problem to holding a
> mass, maybe non-period feast, for the populace and another smaller period
> feast for those interested in it, in that kitchen space may not be
> sufficent. However, food for the Royalty should not require as much
> preperation space as another feast for a larger number of people.
> Because of their Royal stature, they could probably get more space
> than an equal division would be. ie: more than 10/100s or 10/300s
> of the kitchen that the Royal Entourage represents in numbers.
>
> Stefan
> (Not entirely tongue-in-cheek)
> --
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