[Sca-cooks] Teaching in the SCA

[David Walddon]

Cool on the Ottoman food class.
I will definitely be taking it if our classes are not in conflict!
Eduardo

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REPAST.

David Walddon
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On Apr 22, 2008, at 3:13 PM, Lilinah wrote:

> Johnnae wrote:
>> Since the list is quiet, does anyone have thoughts on teaching and  
>> classes
>> in the SCA?
>
> Uh, i teach. I teach cooking and costuming. Sometimes purely lecture
> classes. Sometimes hands-on classes. Primarily, but not exclusively
> on topics Near and Middle Eastern.
>
> What do i need? I need my stuff and students. I'm often disappointed
> when the latter do not turn up. Since i don't own a lap-top, i can't
> do PowerPoint illustrated lectures at the indoor events. I just give
> lots of hand outs.
>
> I have three opportunities per year to teach: At the Spring and Fall
> Collegium Occidentalis, which is usually held in a school, and at the
> West Kingdom Arts and Sciences Tourney, which is a weekend camping
> event.
>
> Some months after i finished translating Stephane Yerasimos's book
> into English, i taught my first-pass lecture class on 15th and 16th
> C. Ottoman food and feasts at  the Fall Collegium, i had one, count
> 'em, one student. That was a disappointment. After all, even for the
> hard-core Europhiles, Istanbul *is* in Europe. And since so little is
> currently out there about period Ottoman food, i thought i'd have a
> few more... i was expecting maybe six.
>
> Last year at A&S I had about 8 students show up for a hands-on
> Ottoman cooking class in which we made, IIRC, 3 dishes. It was over
> 100 degrees Fahrenheit that day, but fortunately not humid.
>
> Often at a Collegium Occidentalis (which are nearly always money
> losers, with low turnout), the Home Ec. kitchen is being used to cook
> the feast, so, when permitted, we teach cooking classes outdoors on
> camp stoves (many, if not most, California schools involve classrooms
> that open directly into the outdoors and are often oriented around
> courtyards). However not all schools (our typical Collegiua sites)
> have Home Ec. kitchens, so sometimes there's no cooking at all :-(
>
> I'm planning to teach at the Cooks Symposium up in An Tir in November
> this year. I'm pretty sure i'll get more than one student.
>
> What sorts of info/ideas were you interested in?
> -- 
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