[Sca-cooks] Ras' bear meat episode

[Stefan li Rous]

Adamantius mentioned:
> On Oct 26, 2005, at 12:59 PM, lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> > This person either didn't read the menu or didn't believe it. She
> > should have been angry at herself, not Ras.
>
> As I recall, that's what happened. She read it, read the word "bear",
> and assumed it was some sort of code. She ate it, then found out that
> "bear" was the code word for "bear", and became sufficiently upset to
> borderline assault Ras.

Yes, some details, including this episode, can be found in this file  
in the FEASTS section of the Florilegium:
KF-feast-msg       (9K)  5/12/00    The King's Forest feast.

I wasn't sure if I had this story until you mentioned "code word" and  
it rang a bell.

The following two messages are from this file:
 >>>>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 11:13:27 EDT
From: LrdRas at aol.com
Subject: SC - Aiofe and bear stew

liontamr at ptd.net writes:
<< This may be your solution to the pet population explosion, Ras,  
but I warn
  you to WARN ME if you are ever going to serve dog OR cat at an event.
  Hubby already distrusts most SCA cooks after a bout with food  
poisoning
  from an event. Let's not exascebate the situation, by feeding him  
dog,  'K? >>

No problem. Recipes and ingredients lists are always available for  
the perusal
of the finicky eater. :-) The feast you mention was a real hoot.

One lady (Jewish) ate 3 bowls of the Bear Stew which was listed as  
'Bear Stew'
on the menu. After the feast she came into the kitchen, having found  
out it
really was bear stew, lifted me from the floor, slammed me into the  
wall and
proceeded to give me a tongue lashing about how any sane person would  
never
serve such a thing at a feast. She also accused me of trying to  
defile her
body with forbidden food.

She then dropped me to the floor and stormed out of the kitchen. I  
grabbed a
bottle of ice cold ale and , humming contentedly, went to the back  
porch for a
much needed breath of fresh air and a bowl of bear stew, :-)

Ras


Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 22:51:19 EDT
From: LrdRas at aol.com
Subject: Re: SC - Shrooms of the Wild (was Scrapple recipe OOP)

stefan at texas.net writes:
<< Well maybe. I *think* this is the feast you are referring to:
  KF-feast-msg      (12K) 11/ 4/98    The King's Forest feast. >>

Yes that is the one. A correction though...I put the rattlesnake   
meat in the
bear stew (making the problem for the Jewish lady doubly worse) and  
used the
broth in the rabbit/squirrel pies. I think I made it sound as if I  
used the
meat in both dishes which is not the case.

Ras
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Stefan
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