[Sca-cooks] Cooking contest

[Lisa]

Here in Ansteorra, there are rarely A&S competitions with a specific theme,
they're mostly all arts and all sciences included, with performing arts
being the only area that has its own seperate competition.

Elizabeta

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> Hmmm, based on various comments, i assume that many A&S competitions
> are open to all manner of stuff... the idea that a piece of
> embroidery and a piece of armor are in the same competition with a
> piece of pie...
>
> Here in the West, our A&S competitions have specific themes and
> usually, although not always, a specific skill. Rarely to we get as
> general a topic as one coming up soon: Viking ornamentation (any
> technique). Usually there are more focused - (to be completely
> random, oh, say, 14th century woodworking).
>
> Also, it seems to me our whole A&S system is much simpler than in
> many other kingdoms. We have one A and one S at each of our 6 Crowns
> and Investitures. Then we have our "A&S Tourney" which is basically a
> camping collegium - the main focus is classes and where there
> actually are about 6 A&S competitions (2 arts, 2 sciences, and 2
> performing arts). Often there are only one or two entries in any
> given competition.
>
> We have a separate set of cooking competitions at every Kingdom event
> - our Wooden Spoon - so that food only competes with food. A total
> score is 30 points per judge (total possible 90) - 10 of those points
> is for *taste* - the other 20 divided among 4 items (i.e., 5 points
> each) - documentation, authenticity, scope/scale, and
> presentation/appearance.
>
> However, while taste gets the largest number of points, food tends to
> fail or win on documentation. Two dishes can score rather similarly -
> or one can even be much tastier than another - and the one with the
> best docs wins. Previously there had to be a minimum of 3 entries in
> order to hold a competition. If there were only one or two, the
> judging didn't happen.
>
> When i was Principality A&S minister, i would judge one or two. I
> think that if people put the effort into it, they deserved to get
> feedback. And we even allow a winner if one gets 66 out of 90
> possible points (judges can give extra points, too, if they think an
> entry deserves a bit more).
>
> I continue to do this as Silver Spoon, and it is done at the Kingdom
> level in both A&S and Wooden Spoon, because our A&S and our cooking
> competitions often have so few entries.
>
> We also have cooking competitions in our Principalities - Silver
> Spoon for the Mists, Copper Spoon for Cynagua, the Silver Ulu for
> Oertha.
>
> I am curious about how A&S things operate in other places. A&S seems
> a rather minimal thing here abouts.
> --
> Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
> the persona formerly known as Anahita
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