[Sca-cooks] eating from couches or lounges

[Olwen the Odd]

>Huette said:
> > But pews are very uncomfortable.  Intentionally so, so
> > that you will stay awake for the sermon or homily.  We
> > at the Asylum have comfy couches and chaise longues.
> > Much better for eating pears and brie on.
>
>I have wondered about some of this. Specifically, eating from those
>comfy couches or chase lounge things like the Romans were supposed
>to have done.
>
>Seems like it would be messy to me, with a good part of the food
>ending up on your chest rather than down your throat. Especially
>when eating things like pears in wine sauce. And especially without
>forks. I don't remember seeing any pictures of the Romans wearing
>bibs.
>
>Perhaps this was like Chinese footbinding or those long sleeved,
>dagged medieval gowns. To flaunt the fact that you had servents to do
>those things for you.
>
>--
>THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra

Well, you have a point, kinda, there Stefan.  But really now, don't you eat
on your sofa?  Yeah, you get some on your shirt but that's half the fun.
OTOH, Huette was making comparison to the Cathedral pews and the Asylum
couches.  It seems she is confused in this though.  All things good that are
watched over by the holy trinity of marzipan are comfy.  Not these hard cold
benches found in drafty buildings.  But I would like to visit the Asylum on
my next journey to the other side of the road.
Olwen

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