[Sca-cooks] chains of command

[Sue Clemenger]

Geeez...didn't stop _our_ Baroness at all (she did feast for last
January's Arts&Sciences).  We just made sure there were sufficient
"helpers" in the kitchen handling preparations while she was holding
court, and during dinner, when she was up at head table.
I think I'd be tempted to tell your populace that "Yes, I can cook this
feast, _because_ I'm Baroness." <g>  Baronial prerogative ought to be
good for something, right? (besides doing things like shifting the
baronial business meeting up a week so that you can go to see _Lord of
the Rings_ on opening night, like ours did ;-D.....)
--Maire

Gaylin Walli wrote:
>
> Kiri wrote:
>
> >Yes, they do...in fact even a single peerage beats out a baroncy.
>
> I believe there is at least one Kingdom where this is not true, though
> I'm hard pressed to name the kingdom.
>
> >The only place where this is possibly not true is that a landed
> >baron is next to the
> >Crown in the "chain of command", as he/she is the voice of the Crown to the
> >people of the barony, therefore technically outranking any peer in that
> >group, royal or otherwise.
>
> The key to this in the Middle Kingdom is "in court." In my barony I
> am outranked
> by every single Peer except when I sit in court. While in court as
> part of court,
> I outrank everyone save the Royalty present.
>
> >Kiri (delighted that her term as Baroness has been extended another two
> >years
>
> YEAH!
>
> >  but bummed that it'll be another two years before she can cook a feast
> >in Dun Carraig without running into the "you're the Baroness, you can't cook
> >a feast!" thing)
>
> Oh thank god I'm not the only one. Every time I offer, you'd think I'd
> sprouted a new head or three and just profaned the most sacred of
> SCA history or something. I do swear that my least favorite phrase
> by the time I'm done will be "But you're the Baroness, you can't!" I
> literally have to *leave* my barony to help cook a feast.
>
> Iasmin