SC - Food guessing game for demos

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

And it came to pass on 7 May 00,, that Christine A Seelye-King wrote:

>  And thanks for your review, that will definitely help us out next
> weekend!  

Doing equal numbers of Old World and New World foods was helpful.  
People knew what they were shooting for.  And although I thought that 
certain foods would be just too obvious, that often was not the case.

> Was the gingerbread your 'prize' for participating in the game?
>  I know AM said that she had little booklets of recipes, I was wondering
> about what else would make good 'winnings'.  
>  Christianna

Yes, I brought the gingerbrede and the marzipan to give out as prizes 
(or parting gifts).  I didn't have any recipe booklets, and wouldn't have 
been able to produce any on the spur of the moment.  And I figured that 
although not everyone likes to cook, almost everyone likes to eat.  And I 
also thought that offering medieval munchies was another way to prove 
that period food was tasty and not particularly weird.  At first I was only 
going to make the gingerbrede, but then I thought it might be good to 
have an alternative that wasn't as spicy.  And since I had a pound of 
almond meal left over from all that Passover baking, and sugar and 
rosewater are staples in my house...

As for other prizes -- it would depend on how many you expect to hand 
out.  A wooden spoon, perhaps decorated with a ribbon, would be 
appropriate and inexpensive.  However, if you expect to hand out scores 
of prizes, that might not work.


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