[Sca-cooks] EK Arms and Marzipan Drumsticks

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Morning, all!

I just thought I'd take a quick moment to respond to Olwen's concerns
about the lovely presents she sent us for EK 12th Night. I must
apologize for the delay; but the free time I was supposed to get after
last weekend simply hasn't materialized yet. Having been diagnosed with
a "potentially lethal condition", you'd think it would be easier for an
insured person to receive treatment, but then I've been known to be
illogical before. Actually, my condition is mostly an annoyance, but one
of a slowly increasing and debilitating nature. I'm choosing to view it
as a sort of cosmic joke, and it _will_ be resolved, and I'll soon be
back to normal, but it's taken up a lot of my time in the past week.

So yes, Olwen did indeed send the EK 12th Night squad some lovely
marzipan items, for which all of us were extremely grateful. The first
was a beautiful rendering of the arms of the East in marzipan, complete
with a marzipan Band-Aid in the event of damage in transit (but more
about that later!). As I say, it was absolutely striking in its
loveliness! The Arms were displayed among other subtleties in the A&S
competition (I have no data on scoring, but will see what I can
discover), and later presented to The People of the East on behalf of
the Cooks of The Barony of Bright Hills, of the Kingdom of Atlantia.
Just sort of off-the-cuff. "Yeah, another kingdom's cooks are sending us
our arms in marzipan, djoo gotta problum wid dat?" Everyone was, of
course, thrilled.

  Then there was another item, actually a pair. In acknowledgement of
the fact that we would be cooking the legs of waterfowl in the 12th
Night feast (in this case, ducks), Lady Olwen decided to indicate her
sympathy and solidarity by rendering the most lovely pair of crane legs
in marzipan! They were the lovely brown of roasted waterfowl, with long
shanks done in either cinnamon or cassia sticks, and the meaty
"drumstick" portions in an absolutely lovely rendering in marzipan! They
  were a lovely brown, and the detail included even the texture of the
skin of the roast bird. You could almost hear them sizzling!

Everything was gorgeous and very much appreciated. Olwen, if any rumors
have leaked out to you about any of your marzipan having disintegrated
in transit, do _not_ believe them! If that had been the case, we would
have returned the items promptly for the proper repairs...

Again, many thanks for your wonderful efforts! Sheesh! And I was worried
that someone was gonna send me cattails or something!

Adamantius
--
Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com