[Sca-cooks] Pennsic Iron Chef Results

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

>I suspect, though, that the
> official line would be that all those cooks who aren't lazy
> good-for-nothings strive to be the best they can because it pleases God
> to see them serve their masters and know their proper place in the
> world, as _everyone_ should.

Unsupported and unsupportable assumpution flag!

> And then, of course, there's the slightly post-period suicide of Vatel,
> who both knew his place in the world, as well as the importance of it.
> He would probably have laughed at the idea of a cooks' competition,
> unless, of course, his master had made a bet, which would be an entirely
> different matter.

I'm not sure I see the difference in practical terms between a cook's
competition set up by a bet and one set up without a bet?

-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
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