[Sca-cooks] Pinch-hitting (was pasties)

[kingstaste at mindspring.com]

I once found out on Wednesday that I had the upcoming weekend off after all,
and could go to an event in Bryn Madoc (where Aoghan is from, as a matter of
fact - I went to school there once myself long, long ago - UGA - Athens,
GA).  I called Master Aedward up and said "Hey, Aeddie, I can come this
weekend after all, are there any beds left?"  He said: "Sure, by the way, do
you want to cook the feast too?"  It seems the feastcrat and my former
roommate (the other original Jolly Mermayde) had just lost her mother, and
was travelling to Flaa. to deal with funeral arrangements.  Since we had
cooked together many times, and she was a wiz at oranizing as well, I walked
right into her plans and already-bought food and was able to cook a very
respectable feast.  Everyone was amazed, but it really wasn't that bad - she
had done all of the hard work in advance so it went rather smoothly.
Kudos to Serena for stepping in, and here's hoping all of us have those
kinds of friends that you can call on in an emergency that can pull it off
for you.
Christianna

-----Original Message-----
From: sca-cooks-bounces+kingstaste=mindspring.com at ansteorra.org
[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+kingstaste=mindspring.com at ansteorra.org]On
Behalf Of Nick Sasso
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 4:15 PM
To: 'Cooks within the SCA'
Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] Pinch-hitting (was pasties)


> -----Original Message-----
> This I can try to do, and will do so after this weekend (Crown List).
> But I do not think I would classify it as a disaster. I think that
> Lonnie's planning and organization made it possible for me to step in
> and run a fairly smooth kitchen. But I will write it up and let you be
> the judge!
> Glad Tidings,
> Serena

There is NO SUBSTITUTE for having an experienced and talented feast cook in
your circle of friends or network.  When I was in the wonderful world of
mass medieval cookery, we were in the habit of having a "second" on staff
who knew what was going on and had some part in the pre-feast ramp up.
Granted Serena, Mistress Caitlin and I were often in each other's staff . .
. it made the safety net pretty nifty in case of disaster.  we all knew each
others' styles and had more than a little competence in flying blind and
handcuffed if needed.

niccolo difrancesco

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