[Sca-cooks] peacocks
John Kemker
john at kemker.org
Mon Jun 12 20:39:36 PDT 2006
I'm afraid my communications skills were not at their peak form. Please
allow me to explain.
This is my *personal* attitude towards high table differences. It is
born out of a self-examination of how I acted when I was younger and
worried overmuch about getting "my fair share" of everything. I have
found, now that I worry less about getting "my fair share" of
everything, I am much happier with myself and the world and enjoy life
more. It is also born out of a realization that it all tends to even
out in the end. There have been times when I've been offered or have
taken more than others.
As far as how I would handle a feast, that's a different story. High
table might get different presentation, but not significantly different
quality of food. Margaret's example of lobster & salmon vs. burnt gruel
would not meet my criteria. However, I might serve high table Roast
Venison and the rest of the feast Venison Sausage or Venison Meat Pies
and not feel I'd slighted anyone.
I'd always remember I was serving the gentility and nobility, whether at
High Table or otherwise.
--Cian
Adele de Maisieres wrote:
> Quoting John Kemker <john at kemker.org>:
>
>
>> Adele de Maisieres wrote:
>>
>>> tom.vincent at yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Is that an education problem or a cultural problem? Historically,
>>>>
>> there were dishes served to the high table that weren't available to the
>> other diners.
>>
>>> That's an "everybody paid the same to get into this feast" problem.
>>>
>> Sometimes it's because a very special dish was
>> done as a showpiece and there wasn't the budget to feed it to everyone.
>>
>
> Yes, well, everyone paying for some people to have a dish is exactly what I
> object to. How exactly the situation arose is beside the point.
>
>
>> Sometimes it's done simply because it's *period.*
>>
>
> Only if someone sitting at the high table is paying for the whole thing.
>
>
>> Why get bent out of shape over something trivial like that? I have
>> *never* been to a feast where I felt I received less of a value in food
>> than I paid for.
>>
>
> *shrug*. I cannot, in good conscience, cook something for one group of people
> and not for all. If that's "bent out of shape" then call me kinky.
>
>
>
> Adele d'M
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