[Sca-cooks] (LONG!) Dragon Dormant Baronial Investiture

[Elaine Koogler]

Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:

> My brother is a confirmed, totemic turtle admirer (like me and owls), 
> and if he were SCAdian he'd have a turtle as a main charge on his 
> device. He lives in what used to be the summer cottage of the Johnson 
> family, they of Johnson and Johnson, Johnson City, NY, Tannersville, 
> NY, etc. He's got a pond in his back yard, full of some pretty 
> gigantic snapping turtles, and various fish, including crappies, 
> largemouth bass, channel catfish, and pickerel. He's also an extremely 
> enthusiastic fisherman in both fresh and salt water.
>
> The last time I was at his place, I found a couple of cans of snapper 
> soup in his cupboard, made by a company called Bookbinders (I think 
> that was it), and had the painful task of informing him that he, as a 
> turtle fan, probably didn't want to buy that stuff any more, as it was 
> not in fact made from red snapper.
>
> Adamantius, who has not yet opened the can of El Salvador-style iguana 
> soup he bought a couple of months ago...

Bookbinders is more than likely the restaurant in Philadelphia, famous 
for, among other things, its seafood. 

Kiri