SCA Food and Feast List Re: [Sca-cooks] Virtual Cooking Contest

Fri May 28 17:04:11 PDT 2004

I mean just the feathers, chicken guts intact (how else could you make
interesting things with the innards?)
Christianna

-----Original Message-----
From: Phlip [mailto:phlip at 99main.com]
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 4:31 PM
To: SCA Cooks; SCAFoodandFeasts
Cc: Terri Spencer
Subject: SCA Food and Feast List Re: [Sca-cooks] Virtual Cooking Contest

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Box contents:
> 1 pound salted white fish
> 1 pound smoked venison sausage links
> 1 whole hen (plucked, head and feet still on)

Question- sometimes "plucked" refers to just removing the feathers-
sometimes it also refers to removing the "pluck", the guts. Which do you
mean in this case?

Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....

----- Original Message -----
From: <kingstaste at mindspring.com>
To: "SCA Cooks" <Sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>; "SCAFoodandFeasts"
<SCAFoodandFeasts at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "Terri Spencer" <tarats at yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 4:22 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Virtual Cooking Contest

> I figure I'm not the only one not on my way to an event or family function
> this weekend, although a bunch of folks are (our Kingdom A&S is this
> weekend, but I'm not going for various reasons).
> I thought I'd post a little game/exercise for those hanging around to see
> how clever we could be.
>
> You are sitting at home while all your friends are off on holiday, when
you
> get a message from your liege that he and 3 guests will be needing your
> services Sunday night for dinner.  A box of ingredients will be provided,
> and you can bring whatever ingredients you can fit into a shoebox
> (12"x6"x6")with you.  Utensils and equipment including serving platters
will
> mysteriously appear out of the ether when you need them (I know, but it's
MY
> virtual game :)
>
> 3 onions
> 1 head cabbage
> 8 oz dried peas
> 1 bunch fresh mint
> 1 bunch fresh spinach
> 1 pound spelt flour
> 8 eggs
> 1 bottle red wine
> 1 pt. flat beer
> 2 lb. Basket of assorted fresh fruits, including apricots, cherries, &
> bilberries
>
>
> Here are some Saint's Days and other observances for May 30th to give you
> some ideas to work with if you like:
> MAY 30
> King Arthur Killed in the Battle of Badon (542)
> St. Walstan's Feast Day (1016) Patron Saint of Cattle and Farmers; Invoked
> against Blindness, Fever, Lameness, and Palsy.  A simple farm hand in
> Norfolk, England, he was so gentle that the common people believed him to
be
> a king.  He died praying in a field for the sick and the cattle, and those
> animals brought his body to the church in town.
> St. Ferdinand's Feast Day (13th Cent) Patron Saint of Engineers,
Governors,
> Rulers, and Magistrates.  San Fernando inherited the Kingdom of Leon from
> his father, and Castile from his mother.  He took the rest by siege, and
> forged the nation of Spain.
> St. Joan of Arc's Feast Day (1431) Patron Saint of France and the
Military.
> Maid of Orleans, heard angelic voices and led the French army against the
> English, she went on to crown Charles king of France. Captured by the
> English, she was convicted of witchcraft and burned at the stake.
> Christopher Marlow (d. 1593) Stabbed to death in a dispute over a tavern
> bill.
> Memorial Day* - United States - Held on May 30th, or the last Monday in
May.
> Started in 1866 in Columbus, MS by two women who decorated the graves of
> Civil War Veterans from the Confederacy and the Union. This was seen as
such
> a fine gesture, that it was adopted as a yearly observance as long as a
> survivor of that war remained. Since then, more wars have provided more
> veterans, and the holiday persists.
> Confederate Memorial Day - Virginia
>
> Points will be awarded for number of dishes, completeness of menu,
> creativity, documentation, use of some relevant holiday info, and anything
> else that strikes my fancy.  Your prizes will be the satisfaction of
knowing
> you have competantly served your liege in a pinch (and all the bragging
> rights you care to claim for the 'winner').
> What's that?  A knock at the door?  Who could it be?  A herald!  He says
my
> services are required.... I better start cooking!
> Good luck -
> Christianna
>
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