[Sca-cooks] food on St Val's day

[Laura L]

Wilhelm and I stayed for the Ymir feast, and it was *fabulous*! There were
some things on the menu that we ended up not getting, but everything we
*did* get was great. Well... there was one exception: The meat kebabs... the
meat was delicious and tender, but the onions and carrots were under cooked.
The presentation was super cute, though...Viking ships! French style loaves
cut to make boats, with rutabaga dragon heads and carrot tails, stuffed
fried mushroom shields pinned to the sides, a lake of fresh cooked spinach,
and the kebabs making oars. They even had little striped sails. ^_^

-Irmgart


> >We went to our Barony's biggest event this year (Ymir, for you
> Atlantians)
> >and then split directly after evening court b/c even though the cook was
> >quite good, it was our first wedding anniversary and so we wanted to do
> >something special.  So we went to a restaurant called the
> Cosmopolitan that
> >just opened up in Cary, for a four-course "Valentine's special"
> meal.  Was
> >quite good, actually - the salad wasn't that special, but the
> steak tartare
> >was yummy (it was the first time I had ever had it, and I was partially
> >inspired by our recent discussions) as was the veal "Oscar"
> served with lump
> >crab in bearnaise sauce and porcini mushroom risotto. Girard had an
> >assortment of game birds done in various asian styles - pheasant
> in lo mein
> >with shitae mushrooms, quail with chinese sausage stuffing, and
> roast duck
> >over... something I forget.  Dessert was also quite good - it
> was a sampler
> >including cheesecake and a "Baked Michigan", which was like a
> baked alaska,
> >except not - start with a rich chocolate cake, add a scoop of sour cherry
> >ice cream, then a layer of meringue, bake, then add a drizzel of
> >chocolate/kirsch syrup...it was fabulous.
> >
> >
> >Generys
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