[Sca-cooks] silliness evolved from Spanish menu

[Olwen the Odd]

I had forwarded the post about
> > >Nola has this to say:
> > >On How You Ought to Put Foods on the Table
> > >
To which Lord Barre (our Master of the Hall) replied;
>
>--- BARY SEARS <barysears at msn.com> wrote:
> > Interesting table service.  I can't imagine what an
> > Atlantian King would do if I started kissing his
> > napkin (and he will have only the one).  I wonder if
> > I could pry his knife out of his fist to kiss that,
> > too.
> > I think I want to see some one else do it first.
> >
> > Barre fitzRobert

But at the same time on our list, the word came down that there were to be
12 seated at high table,
to wit Barre responded, "Which twelve?  It sounds like the last supper"
to wit Ekaterina replied, "How could it be the last supper?  We haven't
cooked everything yet!"

Which ended up with our Senechal responding;
>
>Obviously Atlantian kings are not worried about being
>poisoned. Maybe you could get away with kissing the
>napkin covering a dish if it was removed with a great
>flourish, and after kissing the cloth, you said --
>"and you your Majesty, you have no need to fear poison
>-- all has been tested for you!"
>
>It's all a matter of doing it with style.
>
>(I could only write this after I stopped giggling over
>your comments, Barre).
>
>Yseulte


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