[Sca-cooks] "Trial By Fire" Ad (cooking competition!)

[Olwen the Odd]

>TRIAL BY FIRE  IX					Saturday, July
>9, 2005
>
>The Challenge:   To create a period dish under the conditions found at
>the PENNSIC WAR
>
>The Categories:
>1)	Best Meat  (Includes fish and shellfish)
>2)	Best Vegetable
>3)	Best Grain  (Includes Bread)
>4)	Best Dessert
>5)	Grand Champion - to be awarded at the Judges discretion.
>
>The Rules:
>1) The recipe must either be:
>a) published between 650 and 1650 AD. (For the empirically inclined
>Apicius will be "grandfathered in").
>b) have all ingredients and cooking methods documented in period.*
>2) Recipes must be brought to the competition. Please bring at least 3
>copies.
>3) Competitors must bring all ingredients to site and prepare the dish
>in situ.**
>4) Dishes must be prepared under conditions as found at PENNSIC.  No
>electric appliances.
>Acceptable examples: Grill, Smoker, Dutch Oven or Spit over an open fire
>(assuming site permits ground fires). If you have questions, please ask.
>5) You must bring all cookers, pots, pans, utensils, dishes, etc.
>necessary to prepare your dish.
>(NOTE:	Please mark all your utensils, dishes, etc., so that the orphans
>left behind can be
>reunited with their loved ones.)
>6) Dish must be sufficient to serve 8 to 10 healthy adults.
>7) Each competitor may enter only one dish per category, but may enter
>as many categories as desired.
>8) All competitors must register on the day of the competition with the
>Registrar.
>9) The site will open at 10:00 a.m. for set up and registration.
>10) Preparation and cooking will begin at 12:00 noon.
>11) Dishes must be completed and ready to serve at 4:00 p.m.
>
>The Judging:
>Judges will be drawn from impartial Notables present. Judging will be
>blind and will use these criteria.
>1)  Presence of and completeness of Documentation  ***
>2)  Taste
>3)  Texture
>4)  Presentation
>5)  Bonus points based on the judges' experience in the field of period
>cooking. For example: if a dish has been religiously copied from a
>period source despite complexity or cost or if a dish displays notable
>creativity within a recipe, etc.
>Prizes will be awarded after the completion of the judging.
>
>The Site this year is the home of Their Excellencies, Baron Temur and
>Baroness Chagan.
>
>Please contact the Bright Hill's Cooks Guild if you have questions or
>need an ingredient verified.
>
>* "	Food" by Waverly Root will be used as the final arbiter for
>periodicity. There will be a copy on site.
>**	No advance preparation is permitted, UNLESS the recipe clearly
>states that the step requires more than a few
>hours. Documentation is required.
>***  	Minimal documentation should include (1)  the original recipe;
>(2) your redaction; and (3) your notes related to
>any changes made in the recipe and your reasons therefore, and any other
>pertinent information.
>
>
>TRIAL BY FIRE  IX
>Saturday, July 9, 2005
>
>General Guidelines
>
>The Bright Hills Cooks' Guild sponsors this Challenge. The challenge is
>to create a period dish under the conditions found at the PENNSIC WAR.
>This is an opportunity for all those interested to come and cook and
>compete and socialize. It is also that rare opportunity to recognize
>that Cooking is a Spectator Sport!
>
>Things to bring:
>1.	Your recipe (3 copies) and any additional documentation. (NOTE:
>Minimal documentation should include (a) the original recipe; (b) your
>redaction or translation; and (c) any notes related to changes you made
>in the recipe and why, information on the dish or ingredients, the
>cooking method, etc.)
>2.	All your ingredients.
>3.	All the pots, pans, utensils, etc., necessary to prepare your
>dish. This includes knives, cutting boards, serving dishes, etc. NOTE:
>please mark what you bring.
>4.	A table or other surface on which to prepare and cook your
>dish(es).
>5.	Chairs (if you wish to be seated).
>6.	Appropriate cooking accessories - your grill, Coleman stove,
>smoker, hot pads, towels, etc.
>7.	Your favorite liquid refreshment (the Guild will provide ice
>water).
>
>Things to remember:
>1.	This competition is open to all.
>2.	Spectators are welcome.
>3.	Garb Please!
>4.	Any medications you need (bee sting kits, allergy and asthma
>supplies, etc.)
>5.	Our hosts are providing the site and outdoor facilities.
>
>Children
>1.	We are in favor of them.
>2.	You are responsible for your own children. The Guild does not
>provide baby sitting services.
>3.	There are woods, with the expected hazards - poison ivy, snakes,
>sticks, ticks and other bugs, potholes, gopher holes, etc.
>4.	Because the competition begins early, you should plan to feed
>yourself lunch. Bring what you and your family will need to survive
>until after the judging is complete.
>
>
>TRIAL BY FIRE  IX
>Saturday, July 9, 2005
>
>Directions to Temur and Chagan's place for Trial By Fire. (Here are 2
>options from Baltimore.)
>
> >From Baltimore and its Suburbs East of Carroll County or areas South
>East of us:
>     Take your best route to I-83 Northbound.  Take I-83 North to the
>Mt.Carmel / Rte 137 exit. This is exit #27.  There is Only one exit
>ramp.  Turn Left (West) onto Mt.Carmel road / Rte 137 from the exit.
>Follow Mt.Carmel approximately 5 miles to Falls Road.  Turn Right onto
>Falls Rd (Rte 25) and follow it north about 3 miles. You will have just
>come around a large extended 'S' curve and you'll see a brick, one story
>church on your Right.  Just past the church is Brickstore Road. Turn
>Left onto Brickstore (actually you can only turn Left onto it.)  Follow
>Brickstore - the name changes to Miller Station Road somewhere along the
>way - about 3-4 miles till you come into the little village of Millers.
>Go through Millers, rounding a bend and crossing a Railroad track.
>Immediately after you cross the Railroad track  go straight up the hill
>- this is Young Road.  We are the 5th house on the Right.
>
>  - OR -
>
>      Take your best route to I-795 and follow 795 Northwest to the end,
>crossing Rte 140 and continuing onto Rte 30.  The signs read Rte 30,
>Hanover. It's the LEFT HAND LANE.   DO NOT follow the right hand ramp to
>140 and Westminster.  Okay, At Rte 30 turn Left and follow Rte 30
>approximately 15 miles to Manchester, MD.  Once in Manchester turn Right
>onto York Street. (There's a cream colored building with a second story
>turret at that corner) Follow York street through Manchester - about 10
>city blocks. It becomes Water Tank Road just before you leave the town
>(There's a water tank/tower on your Left). Continue on and just outside
>town (about a block and a half) turn Right on Miller Station Road.
>Follow Miller Station about a mile till it comes to a 3 way intersection
>with a railroad track on your Right.  Turn Left here - this is Young
>Road.  We are the 5th house on the Right.
>
>
>There's room to park in front of the house.
>
>The address is 3607 Young Road,  Millers, MD     21102
>
>It's a 2 story, light gray farm house with a wrap around porch.  It's
>the second light gray, 2 story  farm house with a wrap around porch on
>Young road.  There are 2 huge pine trees in the side yard and the house
>number is on a placard on the front corner of the driveway.
>
>If you get lost call.    443-789-9050 for Bill or 443-789-9060 for
>Karen.