[Sca-cooks] An almost final Feast Menu

[Chawkswrth]

My next place is a store in town who I know have had them in the 
past-in the freezer. Afterwards, will be butcher shop that specializes 
in meats for Arabic households. If those don't play out, then I get to 
explore faking it.

The more I think about it, the more I may drop the fritters. I had them 
in the first course because of the time concern, but...this is shaping 
up more like a transport Feast-do 90% of the cooking the day before at 
home, and finish/warm up the day of the Feast.
I also realize that it would be 2 breads, because bread would already 
be on the table.  ::sigh::
this is why I said "almost Final"
I guess it won't be final till we open the seating.

Helen


-----Original Message-----
From: jamie brown <fairegirl2001 at yahoo.com>
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Mon, Apr 18, 2011 7:28 pm
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] An almost final Feast Menu


Although I dont normally like to use frozen...  I have found frozen 
rabbits
lately at sparten stores. 
I have also considered making fritters for many feasts.  I always end 
up
ditching them from fear of sogginess.  If you have access to a good 
quality heat
lamp they will stay crisp on a draining tray long enough for you to 
cook them
just before they go out.  This can really slow up service time though.
 
Merraede

--- On Mon, 4/18/11, Chawkswrth <chawkswrth at aol.com> wrote:


From: Chawkswrth <chawkswrth at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] An almost final Feast Menu
To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 7:41 PM


I agree about Course #1, but, They just never considered green Veggies 
to be
Aphrodisiacs (at least not what I found in my research, anyway) There 
is Salat
in course #3, though.
But, considering the Humor Theory they used, I may find something 
else...trust
me, I haven't put my books away just yet.

I am still toying with the Fritters-they may get dropped as a time 
concern. With
a service for @64, that means frying up about 128+ of them. Keeping 
those warm
and crisp would be a pain, even if I were to store them in a Roaster, 
with paper
towels between the layers.

The Chicken is as close as I can get to being similar to the Rabbit. 
The Rabbit,
before it is encased in Dough, is rubbed down with Good Spices and 
wrapped with
bacon. The reason for the grilling is because of space concerns for the 
oven.
Also, I do not want to do Chicken pies, because then they would be too 
easily
confused with the rabbit.
Plus, people do like to see what they are eating.
but, if I end up not finding Rabbit, then it is possible that there 
will be
chicken pies, with the Killer Rabbits for the head table faked, somehow.
See my dilemma?
I want to stay with the theme, ride out the Pun, and create a memorable
moment...but....

The Cake is being done by the Guys in the Shire who want to recreate 
the scene
 from the movie. It is all their idea and a way to get them involved. 
I'm just
lending them my experience with making Big Cakes ( I used to cater 
Weddings and
Receptions Sometime Last Century)
The guy that is really heading this up has the potential of being a 
great Head
Cook. He is having so much fun with this Feast already and has proven 
his skill
with beverages that are hard to replicate. His meads are wonderful! Its 
a pity
he won't be able to bring any to the Event.

Oh-and the Theme of the Event is "Search for the Holy Grail"

Thank you;
Helen