[Sca-cooks] Royal Buffet post-mortem

[Elaine Koogler]

there's to be an Iron Chef competition at Pennsic?  When and where will
it be??  Is it open to the public (like me!!)?

Kiri


Michael Gunter wrote:

> >Interesting that folks didn't go  for the
> >chicken or carrots.  I can understand the lentels ;-)
>
> I think people didn't want to be bothered with
> putting stuff on a plate. That's one reason I think
> a lot of it was eaten by the kids running around
> and not people wanting a meal.
>
> >Was it hot out?
>
> It was very hot outside. But this was in a nice
> air conditioned hall. And the things I made I
> kept in mind that it was stuff to be eaten at
> room temperature and left sitting out for a
> couple of hours.
>
> >So, what kind of help did you have
> >getting all this wonderous lunchon together?
>
> I did all the cooking myself. A couple of people helped
> me with set up but mostly I did it all.
>
> >Were there servers left to
> >help the guests or was it laid out on a sideboard?
>
> It was a sideboard.
>
> >Did you get any pictures you can share?
>
> Unless someone took a photo of it to put on the event
> website I doubt it. I didn't take any. Sorry. And it
> was actually rather pretty. I had roses scattered and
> roses floating in the water. All of the dishes were
> in either nice pottery or silverplate.
>
> >The fountain sounds like such a nice touch.
> >Where did you get it?
>
> The fountain is a concrete gargoyle that we have drilled
> out and attached a fountain hose for the mouth. It sits
> over a pool of whatever is to be drunk and cycles the
> drink. If any of you have visited the House Porto torchlight
> tourney and Kamakasi revel at Gulf Wars you have seen them.
>
> Thanks for the comments.
>
> Gunthar
>
> (P.S. I've just been selected as an "Iron Chef" contestant
> at Pennsic. It's on a slightly different format than the
> show. The chefs are notified of their theme ingredient at
> the beginning of the week and then present up to 4 dishes
> to be sampled by 25 tasters and graded. At the end of the
> week, the top average score wins. It should be interesting.)
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