[Sca-cooks] Apprenticing, again...

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Muiredach mac Loloig wrote:

> So, here's a question to y'all at large...
>
> I'm a mundane chef by trade.  I did school, then apprenticeship in a
> private club in Montreal, QC, then worked for years in the field.  I've
> been out of that field for 6 or so years now.
>
> It kinda grates me a little to think of the fact that if I want any kind of
> "recognition" in the SCA, I'd have to apprentice again.  Also, I admit my
> near total ignorance of how a cooking apprenticeship in the SCA involves.
>
> Any thoughts/suggestions/ideas/comments on what my next step could/should be?

As it happens, my protege has similar training to yours.  I am not so arrogant to
think that I know more than he does about cooking per se, so I am coaching him in
other areas, such as  SCA-period-appropriate foodstuffs, historical research and
documentation, the general deportment of a gentleperson in the Society, all that
stuff.  In the meantime, I'm learning quite a bit from him.  I hope you find
someone in your kingdom who is wise enough to establish a mutually educational
relationship like ours.

Selene

Dame Selene Colfox
OP, OLC, OHA, ODC, SR etc.
Iron Chef Altavia
Sable Fret Pursuivant
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