[Sca-cooks] My first Aten event

[Michael Newton]

You knew the Creator was pulling you to Atenveldt for some reason other than
lady. Didn't you, Now you know why!

Whip those Atenveldters into proper food shape!
Chili dogs and Fritoes indeed!

Thorbjorn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gunter" <countgunthar at hotmail.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 12:00 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] My first Aten event


> I finally attended my first Atenveldt event this weekend
> as a full-fledged member of the kingdom. It was a bit
> strange as you may expect. I got to meet a lot of good
> people and saw some wonderful sights. Fought in a tournament
> and attended Courts.
>
> The first night I wanted to do something special for my
> lady so after we had camp set up I surprised her with
> a dinner of rib-eye steaks, asparagus cooked in acidulated
> water and butter with Ox-bow seasoning. Completed with
> both cheesecake and Sucher torte.
>
> I must admit that Atenveldt will take some getting used
> to. The baronial feast that night was chili dogs, Fritos
> and green jello. I hear this was a bit of a joke but it
> wasn't deemed too far from the norm. Other groups had a
> bit better I hear. I wish I could have seen what was served.
>
> There was a tavern on site that sold various versions of
> corned beef that looked good but I never managed to try it.
>
> The dessert competition was a bit of a disappointment to me.
> I had researched and redacted a Lombardy Custard with documentation
> and presentation. But it was in competition with such delights
> as Guiness Ice Cream, chocolate cherry cheesecake, even a mint
> chocolate cake that was still in the store container. At least
> the judges seemed impressed with the period dish. I'm not sure
> what dish won the contest since they only announced the winner
> but not what she did. I was also a bit disappointed in that
> I found very few people willing to even try the Custard. I
> thought it tasted wonderful though. One ray of hope was that
> one of the judges, the Baroness in fact, recognized the custard
> from her book "Take a Thousand Eggs or More".
>
> Still, a disappointing start. Some good news is that there are
> some folk here who are interested in period food so much that
> they are holding monthly seminars on different aspects of period
> food. I'm scheduled to host a class on meat preservation techniques
> not including salting or smoking. So it will basically discuss
> brining, honey, butter and potting techniques. It should be fun.
>
> I'll try to help with the Coronation feast next weekend.
>
> Yers,
>
> Gunthar
>
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