[Sca-cooks] siege cooking

[Stefan li Rous]

Cailte mentioned:
<<< well, there's a new war in the Outlands july 4th weekend -
BATTLEMOOR:  Mountain Crusades.  it looks to be great fun.
it is located pretty much in the middle of the kingdom,
and i believe the first try at doing such an event where
all the baronies pitch in to help.  i am coordinating the
siege cooking. >>>

Please remember to give us a review of how the siege cooking competition goes.
 
<<< Outlandish is coming up memorial day weekend, and i am
teaching Roman Cuisine and will be participating in the
siege cooking. >>>

And even if you aren't coordinating a siege cooking competition, reviews and comments from the participants are nice to get as well.  This request applies to others, and not just Cailte.

Just in case someone has recently joined this group and is unaware of what a siege cooking contest is, or in case you'd like to review some previous events before you compete, I do have these files in the CELEBRATIONS AND EVENTS section of the Florilegium:

siege-cooking-msg (34K) 8/ 9/09 A cooking contest where teams are given min. time, ingredients to create a meal.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CELEBRATIONS/siege-cooking-msg.html

SC-Estrela-09-msg (8K) 8/20/09 The Siege Cooking Contest at the Estrella War in 2009.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CELEBRATIONS/SC-Estrela-09-msg.html

SC-Outlandish-msg (14K) 8/24/08 A pirate themed Siege Cooking competition at the 2008 Outlandish event.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CELEBRATIONS/SC-Outlandish-msg.html

SC-Potrero-art (22K) 1/29/09 Calafia Siege Cook Off at the Potrero War.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CELEBRATIONS/SC-Potrero-msg.html

SC-Talonvale-msg (10K) 9/29/08 Siege cooking at the "Siege on Talonvale" event in the Middle Kingdom in 2004.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/CELEBRATIONS/SC-Talonvale-msg.html

Just in case you get the wrong idea, siege cooking is not a food fight. It is definitely different from this: (Besides, this is in a different section :-)
siege-engines-msg (98K) 1/10/08 Catapults, trebuchets. Period and modern.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/COMBAT/siege-engines-msg.html

Watermelons rather than tennis ball pyramids would add a whole new feature to SCA combat scenarios, though...

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
   Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas          StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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