[Sca-cooks] Flaming Nobles was Re: Flaming Subtleties

[Daniel Phelps]

Was written:

> Since people are lighting and heating their homes with open flame, I'm not
> sure that they would worry TOO much about a flaming dish.  Also, I have
> learned the hard way that a single spark often is not enough to burn
> charcloth  (especially made for burning), so I expect it would take a bit
of
> doing to set your average table setting/tabe cloth on fire.
>
I've not been following this thread but has anyone mentioned that famous
incident in the French court where in three, or was it four, high ranking
nobles were "accidentially" burned to death when their "wildmen of the
woods" costumes caught fire?

Daniel