[Sca-cooks] Dayboards?

[P. A. Stonnell]

At 09:27 AM 18/10/02 -0700, you wrote:
>>Is this part of the site fee?  I'm in An Tir and while we sometimes have
>>dayfood, it is something you pay for when you get your food, often run
>>by some group or household doing fundraising.
>>
>>Isobel fitz Gilbert
>>
>>ps. for that matter, many of our events don't have a planned feast.
>>A pot luck
>>maybe, if we're in a hall type situation, but most (99%?) of our
>>camping events
>>don't have a feast (no facilities for such a beast in a farmers
>>field and the parks
>>are just big stretches of meadow).
>
>Well, here in The West only our Collegia and 12th Night are *not*
>camping. Duke Fabian sponsored a dinner at Purgatorio in August (our

I'm in the Principality of the North, Kingdom of An Tir, we have seasons;
tourney season when we camp, and the indoor season, when we don't.

>2nd of 3 Coronations in an SCA year). I cooked for 150. Most of the
>food was made a few days ahead of time and either frozen or
>refrigerated (Fabian himself made the Andalusian meatballs from my
>recipe).
>
>At the event - which was under such severe fire restrictions that no
>fires, no candle lanterns, no propane operated stuff of any sort was
>allowed in the camping area (which is why Fabian had the idea to feed
>the Kingdom) - we were allowed to set up propane stoves in the
>parking lot.
>
>There we reheated the frozen and refrigerated food and boiled water
>to make couscous and (non-period) tabouleh. We chopped the greens
>(parsley, mint, and scallions) for the tabouleh and sliced and
>seasoned the oranges for the "orange salad".
>
>Fabian, his lady, and their household set up serving tables with
>chafing dishes and provided paper plates. They also covered part of
>the parking lot with carpets, low tables (really cheap from Home
>Depot), and cushions, and provided some lighting. And nearby on what
>passed for grass were some picnic benches.
>
>Volunteers helped throughout, including serving. Sunday morning
>Fabian and i and a couple more volunteers washed up and put stuff
>away, although his household did the heavy lifting and eventually
>packed up his trailer.
>
>I don't think we've really done that in the West, at least not
>recently, and i don't know if we'll do it again any time soon. But it
>is possible to have a feast in limited circumstances.
>

Wow!

Isobel fitz Gilbert