SC - Feast Report

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Well, i attended my first feast where all the food was modern. I 
noticed the servers bringing plates of (boiled) shrimp to every 
table. I didn't recall reading any recipes for naked shrimp, but 
assumed it was just my lack of exposure to the appropriate period 
source, and then i got close to the table and saw that there was a 
cup of "standard" cocktail sauce in the center of every plate.

The butter on the table was mixed with apricot jam. The soup was 
potato. The main dish in the second course was Shepherd's Pie, 
complete with mashed potato and canned gravy topping. And the main 
dish of the third course was couscous and ham - what a combo. Sigh.

Oh, well. I had a good time at the event, brought the Travelling 
Moorish Reading Room, and got dragged into an ad hoc group performing 
one of the Cantigas de Santa Maria which was fun.

Oh, and a member of this list won the Silver Spoon competition, but 
i'll wait and see if they reveal themselves before i say more. I will 
say that the entry was a wonder to behold and delicious, as the cook 
was kind enough to share.

Anahita al-shazhiyya