[Sca-cooks] FW: [SCA-Herbalist] Cooking contest

[Stefan li Rous]

Maire replied to me with:
<<< I thought it just said no Cooking Laurels? Big "C," as in people  
laureled
for cooking, rather than small "c" ones like me, who happen to be  
laurels
that cook, but who were recognized for other arts (late-period  
needlework
and costuming, in my case.  I think. <g>) >>>

I don't remember what the rules said exactly, now.

However, I think even if the rule says no "cooking Laurels", I think  
it still eliminates a number of the good cooks from this list, and  
from an SCA-Cooks team.

I can understand some reasons behind such rules, however it does  
bring up questions on such exclusions. I suspect we have folks on  
this list, and elsewhere, who would have gotten a Laurel for their  
cooking, except they were already Laurels for something else. Is it  
fair to the other teams that these folks are allowed to participate  
as team contestants while those that got their Laurel in cooking can  
not? Is it fair to the Laurels who got their award for cooking to be  
excluded?

As a comparison, past Crowns are not excluded from fighting in  
additional Crown Tournies.  In fact, they are encouraged by allowing  
them to withdraw in the middle of the tournament for no reason, other  
than having eliminated an opponent they dislike.

They are a few tournaments in which Knights and Men-at-Arms are not  
allowed, such as the unbelted Champions Battle(s) at Pennsic. But in  
general Knights can enter any tournament regardless of their rank,  
against supposedly lessor skilled opponents.

Stefan
Troublemaker
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