[Sca-cooks] Cooking Feasts without a Kitchen

[Fairy Tale Designs]

Oh I never said I wouldn't want to do it, but I thought it best to ask those who had some experiance so I don't make stupid mistakes.
   
  I enjoy a challenge.
   
  -Muiriath 
   
  

Adele de Maisieres <ladyadele at paradise.net.nz> wrote:
  Susan Fox wrote:

> Kiri wrote;
>
>> What she said...especially for a Coronation! Usually, you want to do 
>> something really fancy/spiffy for these kinds of things. I could see 
>> it for a Crown Tourney, where the emphasis is on fighting...do a 
>> warm, hearty stew, a few veggies, some bread, cheese, fruit...and 
>> maybe some sweets. But not for Coronation!
>>
>
> I'm beginning to mull over the notion of pizza and where can we get 
> 300 non-tomato pizzas delivered in West L.A. If the king ain't happy, 
> ain't nobody happy, n'est-ce pas?


Yecch! Taking the tomato off doesn't make it period food! 
(Seriously-- if you feel it's not do-able and you don't want to go 
there, the way to say no is to say no.)

>>
>> Those cajun cookers Papa G referred to in his message are a godsend. 
>> We call them "flame-throwers", but it's the same thing. They give 
>> you the power you need to be able to heat large quantities of stuff. 
>> And the "seal-a-meal" things are wonderful as well...we use them for 
>> Pennsic instead of the large containers I used to carry with stews, 
>> etc., in them and it makes reheating and cleanup SO much easier.
>>
> Got both of these. I've offered them up, as well as a nice outdoor 
> pavilion and washing station. The former, well it's not like we need 
> to sleep in it, plenty of room and walls that shelter period eyes from 
> modern necessities. The latter is based around big-ass stock pots, of 
> which I 've got three, and a dedicated propane stove for heating up 
> the wash water. All we need is a legal grey water dump and I'm ready 
> to rock and roll.


That doesn't sound so bad-- if you can get some large tables or 
freestanding benches to prep on, it might be OK.


-- 
Adele de Maisieres

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