[Sca-cooks] Arms, and food applications

[Elaine Koogler]

Usually the arms of a Shire or Canton are displayed by the Seneschal or 
by others in the group with the knowledge of permission of the Seneschal.

Kiri

Pixel, Goddess and Queen wrote:

>>It would also be an appropriate use of armoury in food to colour the
>>food with the livery colours of that person or branch you wish to
>>honour. The one example I thought of was serving the King of the West a
>>roast of venison upon a bed of two frumente's, one coloured with saffron
>>and the other with green herbs. While I might pattern the frumente per
>>pale, quarterly, chequey, barry, etc, I might refrain from arranging the
>>frumente (ala sand painting) in the arms of the West. Unless you want to
>>suggest serving a roast of meat upon the King of the West himself, since
>>arms and their owner are pretty much one and the same. You could,
>>perhaps, colour pastry and make a pie coffin lid with the arms of the
>>honoree, especially if you presented the pie and then (somewhat
>>ceremoniously) removed the lid to serve the contents.
>>
>>--
>>Edouard, Sire de Bruyerecourt
>>bruyere at jeffnet.org
>>    
>>
>
>So how does it work if it's the arms of a group that isn't a Barony, and
>thus doesn't have an immediate owner, per se? Or the arms of an office
>(like, for instance, herald, or moas)? Does that carry the same
>implication, that you're serving a roast on the kingdom MoAS, or the
>seneschal of Shire Whatever?
>
>(Finally, something food-related I can talk to my husband the herald
>about!)
>
>Margaret, heraldic widow
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