SC - Unhistoric things we serve WAS:Shepherds Pie

[Alderton, Philippa]

Aoife skrev:

>I see a lot of items served at events that aren't historic to OUR period of
>study. <SNIP>
>Any one else?

I'll admit I was a culprit at one event. About 5 minutes before I was
heading out the door to Harvest Days (an event about 3 hours away from me),
the Autocrat posted to the Middlebridge (our kingdom List) that there would
be no lunch served the next day as had been previously announced, so I
posted her back, said that yes there would, grabbed a ham I had sitting in
the 'fridge, posted Ras for a couple of suggestions for what to add to make
a nice soup, tossed my ever-popular propane smoker/grill/ etc in the van
along with a card table to serve on, so I didn't have to interfere with the
feast staff, stopped at a grocery on the way and bought a few things to add
to the soup, and some bread- Italian uncut loaves, I think, and some
styrofoam bowls, cooked the soup the next AM and had it ready by noon, and
served it on the card table beside a note saying "Donations for the lunch
materials appreciated, but if you're broke and hungry, feel free to eat
anyway" or some such, and a list of all ingredients for the allergic folk.
It worked, and the only complaint I had was from a vegetarian lady.

Lunches are not, I think, thought of in the same way we'd think of a feast,
and they're usually an afterthought. In Atlantia, we were offered a bread
and cheese board at their University session, but as Aoife says, the most
frequent fare is at best edible but OOP. Before she raised this question, I
had already determined that if I ever get the chance to do a feast, I'll
include the lunch as part of my duties, if only turning it over to another
wannabe Head Cook- ask our camping group at Pennsic about how good I am at
delegating authority ;-)

Phlip

Nolo disputare, volo somniare et contendere, et iterum somniare.

phlip at morganco.net

Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

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