[Sca-cooks] Rules for Feast Avoidance

[Patrick Levesque]

Well, hum, as a marshall, this reminds me of an event we did a year and a
half ago, where (since I was also site liaison) we were promised a double
kitchen, two fridges, three ovens, etc, etc, etc...

...seemed like the people I signed with (who were acquaintances of somebody
who used to work there and so on...) decided to restructure their
understanding of the location (an old church converted into a community
center), and to rent part of our space, including two ovens and a fridge,
to a very large family noisily celebrating some kid's birthday. I had two
VERY worried cooks (understandably) inform me of this detail.

Now, the advantage of being a marshall is that it's easier to 'negociate'
the ovens back from management when you're dressed in full armor with two
sords hanging from your belt (and so much for the 'nice Canadian' thing).
Got an oven back, which was enough. Never rented that all again. Thankfully
somebody else took charge of the tourney I was supposed to run at the same
time. (Oh, and did I mention the camera crew of the local show which was
doing a special on medieval activities in Montreal?)

Petru 'cel Paros' Voda



>I was reading Ras' entries on feast disasters and it came to my mind that
>for the purposes of health and safety we might come up with Rules for Feast
>Avoidance along the lines of "You Know You are in the SCA When:".  Below is
>my first suggestion:
>
>Avoid eating the feast when, upon hearing who the autocrat and head cook are
>to be, your first thought is "who is going to marshal?"
>
>Daniel=