[Sca-cooks] My experience with the Savory Tosted Cheese contest

[kingstaste at mindspring.com]

I've had a similar experience, showing up for a costume contest in great
garb, only to loose to a couple dressed in a commercially purchased doctor
and nurse costume.  Shake your head, know you've done well, and go play
somewhere else.  Rudeness isn't a sign of the SCA in general, just bad
manners.  We love you, Stephan, and know your abilities are growing with
every question you ask.
Christianna
who entered my one-and-only chili cookoff with a non-chili - curried lentils
and sausage.  Didn't win, but got lots of folks really excited about
something new!


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Was I upset? No. For one thing, the reporter from the paper spent more time
discussing my entry than he did the two "winning" entries, and for another
thing, the expression on the girls' faces when they tasted actually spicy
chili was priceless ;-)

Sometimes, Stefan, rather than worrying about what other people think, it's
more important to worry about what YOU think, and what YOU do. If they
wanted to give a prize to some yutz whose idea of a period redaction is
adding chutney and puff pastry to STC, let them. For that matter, I don't
care if they serve the stuff over ice cream- it doesn't matter. What does
matter is that you did what you felt was the right thing, for the right
reasons, and, from the looks of your redaction, did it well.

Saint Phlip,
CoD