[Sca-cooks] Feast Procedural Question

[Siegfried Heydrich]

    Ummmm . . . so he's appointed himself Supreme Autocrat, then. The only
thing you can do with such an officious busybody is to go limp on him. Since
he wants to run everything, let him! Pester him with every little detail you
can, run him ragged with minutiae, ask his opinion on EVERYTHING. When he
finally jumps on you, look all scared and innocent and tell him that since
he obviously has no confidence in the capability, judgment, or competence of
anyone other than himself, you turned to the only font of omniscience and
wisdom you know of . . . him! It helps to have a slice of watermelon in your
hand, be doing some soft-shoe and humming "Ol' man river" while you pick
cotton out of your ears at the time . . .
    Seriously, if he wants to be the Crat For All Seasons, hand him the
whole ball o' wax and tell him to just knock himself out, you're really
looking forward to his feast. You might also want to print out all the
responses to you initial (and even handed) inquiry. Even someone with
cerebral heavy metal poisoning should be able to get the idea that he's
being just a tad overbearing and officious. If he doesn't quite get the
point even then, simply invite him to make like a Hoover on your pee-pee,
and go prepare a sumptuous feast for your household.

    Sieggy

-----Original Message-----

    EL SNIPPO GRANDO

Part of the issue is that A) A certain peer of the realm asked for
>permission to prepare a 12th Night bid in a Barony other than her own --
>to wit, the Barony in which I live.  B)  The Baron was particularly NOT
>encouraging, but saying he'd go along with it if we found an appropriate
>hall, C) Said hall was found, and it seems the Baron has now appointed
>himself to be the overseer of the 12th Night committee, with the
>self-designated responsibility to second guess everyone else's jobs.  He
>is now insisting that, as the Crown's representative, he is responsible
>for the success of the event, and thus is within his rights to claim the
>final say in all matters.
>
>Note:  The Mistress Autocrat of said whole event is an experienced feast
>cook, and content to let me select dishes and themes.
>
>Note also, the Baron is ALSO an experienced cook, and I suspect part of
>his desire to make comments on my menu stems from his desire to be
>running the feast himself.
>
>I wouldn't have a problem with suggestions or comments, but I'm really
>balking at not being able to make the final decision on the menu.
>
>Thank you all for your comments.  They are helping.
>
>Frustratedly,
>
>Jared