First feasts was Re: SC - Diet Blues

[Marcus Antaya]

Oh yeah, I forgot...It was a 12th night feast...grin.

Anyways, I think I'll try it again. It worked this time...L.

Gyric
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From: "Marcus Antaya" <mjantaya at home.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: First feasts was Re: SC - Diet Blues


> Well, Lords and Ladies...I don't have to stretch that far back to recount
> the tail of my first feastocrat duties...it was LAST NIGHT!!!
>
> And it was a smashing success...It wasn't exactly period, but then that
> wasn't what I was going for. I'm so tired of period nazi feasts, where
> everything is redacted from 5 centuries ago, and with it nothing edible or
> to the taste of modern palates.
>
> It was a feast of about 100, I did Beef and Barlet stew in a large bread
> bowl per table, hams with a spice rub, creamed turnips, garlic mashed
> potatoes, and ginger honey candy.  The second remove was split pea soup
with
> ham, dill pickle rouladin, with maple glazed carrots and vegetarian
risotto.
> For my second confection, I did 12th night cakes, the recipie which I
found
> in my baronial newsletter.
>
> Now, of that, only the pea soup, the candy and the cakes were period
> recipies...and I had never even tried to make the candy or cakes before
that
> day.  All the rest were either my own creations, or the family recipies
that
> I grew up with.
>
> Never have I seen such a reaction to feast...a standing ovation from the
> entire populace present, including all peers...some of which Laurels in
> cooking.
>
> I was blown away, and am still riding a bit of a high off it...grin.
>
> I also want to say that I burnt the pes soup so badly, we had to start
> again...almost burnt the risotto, and all the cakes blew the filling out
the
> sides so that they were very flat...yet all worked in the end due to
> experienced friends in the kitchen.
>
> All in all, a good day, if not tiring. Oh, and being the pursuivant and
> having to take an hour out to do court didn't help my blood pressure
> any...sigh.
>
> Anyhoo, all were sharing their recollections, so I thought I'd do the
> same....
>
> Gyric
>
>
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