[Sca-cooks] Jannissary Cooks

[Elaine Koogler]

Not sure, but I do know that Ted Moennich (SCA name is Karl von Nordmark),
who heads up a music group called Turku.  They played at Pennsic last
year.  He had a troup of Jannissaries that he paraded around on occasion.
I'm not sure how to get in touch with him...I think he still lives in North
Carolina, but they may have a web page.

Kiri

Volker Bach wrote:

> "Craig Jones." schrieb:
> >
> > ""
> > ""The "folded sleeve" Janissary hat has a special brass holder in the
> > ""front for an elaborate plume or for a wooden spoon. Among the most
> > ""respected members of a particular group of Janissaries were the two
> > ""men who carried the HUGE bronze/copper cooking pot. They had a
> > ""specific outfit so they were readily identified.
> >
> > Wasn't there a rank of Janissary officer called a Corbasi (Soup
> > maker)?  Can anyone confirm this?
>
> The table of organisation of the Janissary Corps I
> work off (Hans Miksch, I don't really know how
> good he is) gives the following officer ranks:
>
> Aga - tactical commander of the Orta (roughly
> batallion equivalent)
>
> Djorbajibashi (head soup cook) - administrative
> officer in charge of the Orta
>
> Kethuda and Obadashi - tactical officers
> subordinate to the Aga
>
> Adjibashi (head cook), Sakkabashi (head water
> bearer) and Wekelikhardj (food fund manager) -
> administrative officers subordinate to the
> Djorbajibashi
>
> I distinctly recall seeing large spoons being
> worn/carried by janissary officers as a badge of
> rank, and the subordinate tactical units were
> designated as 'messes' sharing a cookpot in the
> field, whence its symbolic significance.
>
> I wonder if anyone would agree to creating a
> Janissary household?
>
> (Sensing military career opprtunities)
>
> Giano
>
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