[Sca-cooks] Serving Soups

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> Yes, it does. Thank you everyone who answered my questions. This does 
> sound like a good way to serve soups and stews at SCA feasts, although 
> the quantity needed is large. Which means a fair amount of storage 
> space is needed to store them as well as a bit of money to buy them in 
> the first place. I guess some of this could be helped by buying ones 
> large enough to serve two tables instead of one, so long as they then 
> aren't so heavy that two people can't carry one. The shape, handles and 
> lid do seem to be optimum for this use over other pots.

It's really optimum to have one per table. For a feast for 200 in tables 
of 8, that's 25 containers, but most feasts I've experienced are less 
than 160 diners... 

If one doesn't have tureens, ceramic, wood or other non-metal containers 
are best. Not only will metal containers or pots burn the server's 
fingers, they bleed heat continuously thus cooling the contents down 
quickly.

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