[Sca-cooks] Pinch-hitting (was pasties)
Lonnie D. Harvel
ldh at ece.gatech.edu
Thu Oct 6 06:02:30 PDT 2005
mollirose at bellsouth.net wrote:
>Serena is awesome, I understand she stepped up at an event this weekend?
>
>
Indeed she is, and indeed she did. Serena had to pinch-hit for me this
past weekend at Danelaw. On Friday, while trying to finish the shopping,
my back went out. (Lifted too many 40lb bags of donated bread.) I spent
the weekend laid out in state. From all accounts, she delivered a
magnificent meal to the tables and handled the kitchen as if nothing
unusual had transpired.
She was able to work with 14 period recipes that were new to her, sort
out the pile of ingredients, identify mistakes in my calculations, adapt
to ingredients magically disappearing, ovens that kept increasing in
temperature, a grill that dumped rust from the lid all over the chicken,
all dropped in her lap with less than 24 hours before serving time. This
she did not only well, but with grace and humor.
In a moment that could have been a disaster, she exhibited a mastery of
medieval cookery and the wherewithal to manage both the kitchen and the
situation. I am grateful for both her skill and her willingness to serve.
Cheers!
Aoghann
(btw: I passed my doctoral defense yesterday. I was able to stand
through my presentation, but had to sit for the rest of it. I am mobile
now, but moving slow. I hate growing old, but it beats the alternative.)
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