SC - private cooks at events

[Mary Morman]

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)
>  -- 
>  Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>  Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
>  **** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org **** >>
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