[Sca-cooks] Virtual Cooking Contest Winners

[Elaine Koogler]

Thanks for doing this...it provided me with the impetus to go searching 
through my recipes and books!! You know, I have to admit that the 
"sodde" part of Sodde Egges never even occurred to me!

Kiri

kingstaste at mindspring.com wrote:

>After careful consideration of the entrants, I have come to the following
>conclusions:
>
>Number of Dishes: Ranvaig with 18! What a groaning board that would be!
>
>Completeness of menu: 5-way tie - all entrants provided well-rounded meals
>
>Creativity: Doc - "Mock Eggs".  Interesting use of the salted fish.
>
>Documentation: Huette.  All German sources added cohesion to the menu.
>
>Holiday theme: Tie - Gianetta & Kiri.  I really liked Gianetta's homage to
>Warriors (especially the Ramrod Biscuits), and I especially liked the "Sodde
>Egges" that Kiri dedicated to Christopher Marlow, appropriate since his
>death occurred in a bar, presumably at least some of those involved were
>'sodde'.
>
>Christianna's Personal Fancy: Gianetta's cook's assistant drinking the flat
>beer!
>
>Most realistic shoebox: Gianetta
>
>So, looking back over the various categories I said I would judge on (+ 1),
>I find that Gianetta is our winner!  Ding ding ding ding!  Give that lady a
>wooden spoon.
>
>Thanks to all that entered, it was great fun reading through everything and
>imagining what it would all taste like (Virtual calories!  Great Zot!  I
>think we may have hit on something here!)
>One of my alterior motives (aside from entertaining myself) was to see how
>the 'shoebox' concept would work.  I think that most everyone made good use
>of the space (even if they had to bulge the sides out in some cases :), and
>Ranvaig actually managed no less than 4 dishes and 2 sauces out of her
>shoebox alone!
>I hope you all had fun, and didn't mind sending everyone else off for the
>weekend, since the liege lord was able to press you into service and allow
>you to shine.
>Good work, cooks!
>Christianna
>
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