[Sca-cooks] I had a dream...

[johnna holloway]

Glad you liked the Alessio article, I think.

(actually having gone through all of the four volumes of Alessio rather 
makes me glad that I live in the here and now. Some of the cures and 
remedies for various conditions are rather extreme for my tastes.)

Johnnae

jenne at fiedlerfamily.net wrote:
> One should probably not read the article in TI on Alexis of Piedmont,
> along with All the King's Cooks, immediately before bed.
> 
> I had a dream that Coronation was being put on in a local group near me.
> That they had arranged painted arches, beams, etc. on brown paper and on
> muslin to hang over the walls of the site to make it look more period (and
> it did). that they had arranged hundreds of pieces of period-style dishes
> and silverware. That the lords of the land did ritual handwashing for the
> King and Queen as part of the coronation ceremony, and that the highest
> cooks in the land repeated that ceremony before, during, and after dinner.
> That straw-filled wagons were used to carry plate and delicate dishware
> from the kitchen to the serving area. That a multitude of subtleties of
> sugarpaste and marchpane were presented, each more amazing than the last.
> that I got to help in the kitchen and to wash dishes.
> 
> Then I woke up. *sigh*
> 
> -- Pani Jadwiga Zajaczkowa