[Sca-cooks] Herbs in Recipes

[Bill Fisher]

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 16:03:11 -0800, lilinah at earthlink.net
<lilinah at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I am Deputy and soon to-be Minister of the Silver Spoon, the person
> in charge of cooking competitions in the Principality of the Mists in
> the Kingdom of The West. We have four competitions per year, two at
> camping events, two at indoor events.
> 
> I'm tossing around ideas for them. I'd like to decide soon, so i can
> have them published in our Kingdom newsletter in time for the
> December issue.
> 
> I asked for suggestions on our kingdom cooks guild e-mail list. One
> was to feature a specific herb at each competition. I think it sounds
> like a good idea, but i'm not convinced there are recipes in which a
> single herb is the primary flavoring. As far as i can recall, most
> "period" recipes have a mixture of herbs and spices, and don't
> feature the flavor of one in particular.
> 
> Any pointers?
> 
> I am also open to other suggestions for competitions. There doesn't
> need to be a consistent theme for the year, each can be different and
> unrelated, but i think themes are fun.
> 
> We have kingdom level competitions (Wooden Spoon) six times a year
> and i'm trying not to replicate those from the past several years.
> And there's our friendly neighboring Principality of Cynagua, with
> its cooking competitions (Copper Spoon) four times a year. Misties
> and Cynaguans often attend and fully participate in each other's
> events.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Anahita
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Howsabout giving them an original manuscript recipe, the ingredients,
a pen and paper, and see how it comes out.

Let the best redaction win!


Cadoc

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