SC - Re: Worst Critique Ever

[ekoogler at chesapeake.net]

> Bear skrev:
> 
> >Rather than allowing this to devolve further into a personality clash, if
> >Phlip, Llewellyn, the feast steward and Gunthar are agreeable, we can
> >analyze the facts and try to reach some conclusions which may improve >our
> abilities to prepare and serve feasts for our patrons.
> 
> I'm willing- in fact that was my original intent. I tried to make a couple
> suggestions for future improvements, and was asking for input from this List
> as to how to improve things- got a couple, too, until I was attacked.....
> 
> I don't like dealing with bad food. Yes, sometimes things happen that we
> can't control- Court will run over, Kings get talking and busy, stoves
> break, Cooks get ill, the food van crashes in the middle of the Triborough
> Bridge, whatever.
> 
> But, attempting to analyze what has gone wrong is definitely not helped by
> the parties defending badly cooked food.
> 
> Phlip

I have one tiny question here:  Is the person who cooked this event on this 
list?  If so, it might be valuable to hear his/her analysis of what happened.  
I have been very distressed by the tone of the commentary between Phlip and 
Llewellyn.  I met Phlip for the first time this past Pennsic...and don't 
believe I've ever had the privilege of meeting Llew.  I do know, in my heart of 
hearts, that the unpleasant (I'm being diplomatic here ;-) )commentary that has 
been in the messages from both parties benefits no one.

I do believe that the discussion suggested would be of benefit to all, and I am 
willing to contribute what I can to it, based on the fact that I've head-cooked 
a number of oriental feasts, including one this fall that was mostly from 
period sources.  I hope we can have such a discussion on a scholarly and 
helpful level!

Kiri
> 
> Nolo disputare, volo somniare et contendere, et iterum somniare.
> 
> phlip at morganco.net
> 
> Philippa Farrour
> Caer Frig
> Southeastern Ohio
> 
> "All things are poisons.  It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a
> poison and a remedy." -Paracelsus
> 
> "Oats -- a grain which in England sustains the horses, and in
> Scotland, the men." -- Johnson
> 
> "It was pleasant to me to find that 'oats,' the 'food of horses,' were
> so much used as the food of the people in Johnson's own town." --
> Boswell
> 
> "And where will you find such horses, and such men?" -- Anonymous
> 
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