[Sca-cooks] Fwd: Setting the Record Straight

[Jane Boyko]

Forwarded with permission.  At bottom is the paragraph that this refers to.

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Subject: [Skrael] Setting the Record Straight
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 00:01:59 -0400
From: "KES" <kes at fetteredcockpewters.com>
To: <e_list at ealdormere.sca.org>, <skrael at skraeling.sca.org>
Cc: <Authentic_Ealdormere at yahoogroups.com>, <authentic_sca at yahoogroups.com>

Greetings to the cooks of Ealdormere.

We wish to send a short note out to those who may have been insulted by a
description of an Ealdormere event that was recently referenced on this
list. The writer erroneously wrote that Baron Menken "often has a burger
stashed under the high table so he doesn't have to eat that weird medieval
stuff".

While we are both admittedly fussy eaters, Menken has never sneaked his own
food to a feast at any time in his 26 plus years in the SCA. This sort of
practice would be highly disrespectful of the efforts of the countless cooks
whose feasts he has attended and enjoyed over the years. It has never
happened and it will never happen in the future.

We are sorry for any hurt feelings that may have resulted from the event
report and we both look forward to many delicious feasts at future events.

Many thanks,

Eleanor and Menken

> Early feedback included a report that the Baroness was worried that
> we've given the newcomers unrealistically high expectations, and they
> may now expect other feasts to be as good as this one.  The Baron, whose
> favourite food is KFC and who often has a burger stashed under the high
> table so he doesn't have to eat that weird medieval stuff, was seen to
> be digging into our food with gusto.  Some of the canton and baronial
> officers have warned me that I can expect to be asked to cook for more
> events in future.  And people I respect have compared my feast
> favourably with those done by some famous SCA cook whose name I can't
> remember... trust me, it was flattering at the time :)



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