SC - Olaf's Carolingian Feast Results & Thanks

[Susan Fox-Davis]

A thousand pardons, my paragon of perfection!  You've told me a thousand times
to stop exaggerating.  I was just trying to make Olaf feel better, and I hope he
does feel better now.

I do love rosettes.  How far back do they go, I wonder?  They're only pizelli in
reverse after all.

Selene

Huette von Ahrens wrote:

> --- Susan Fox-Davis <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Dinna fash yerself over the dishes that went awry or
> > never made it to the
> > table.  No banquet ever has all the dishes make it
> > to the table, no matter what
> > they tell you.  "No battle plan ever survives the
> > first encounter with the
> > enemy" is a saying that was probably invented by a
> > chef.
>
> Um ... Selene dearest ... I don't mean to contradict
> you, but with one exception, all banquets that I have
> done ALL had the announced dishes sent to the table as
> they had been listed.  The only exception was the
> banquet for the BOD meeting you helped me with.  But
> that was only because we received no reservations in
> advance and I scrapped the menu at the last minute and
> put out a severely revised banquet based on how many
> people showed up that day.
>
> Now that I am thinking about it, for the Angels 20th
> Anniversary banquet, I almost did scrap the rosettes,
> but you yourself came to my rescue and did them for me
> over your coleman camp stove.  So you have played a
> major part in helping me be able to say all this.
> Thank you my dearest friend.
>
> Huette