[Sca-cooks] children in the kitchen

[Stefan li Rous]

I think there was a question here recently about having children in the kitchen or activities for children in the kitchen. At least, I think it was this list. Anyway, this came across the Ansteorra list today and I thought this might be of interest to the person asking the questions about children in the kitchen.

Stefan

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Melissa Long Blevins <hlecalais at sbcglobal.net>
> Date: February 1, 2011 3:26:22 PM CST
> To: Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> Subject: [Ansteorra] wInterkingdom Awesomeness!
> 
> Good Gentles,
>  For those of you that missed it, I would like to tell you about the fabulous 
> youth of Ansteorra.  This past weekend , at Northkeep's wInterkingdom event., I 
> had the honor of teaching the class "Children's Feast".  I am so proud of the 
> children that I could burst! I have bragged about them in the court following 
> the event but I neglected to mention that the children were required to 
> participate in "classes" prior to the event. These were about 5 weeks and were 
> done online. Two exceptions were made but the children did "catch-up" work to be 
> included in the kitchen.  I had many responses (about 26). I was hoping they 
> would be from all over Ansteorra, but that was not to be, this time (I do 
> understand that it is a long distance for a one day  event).  
> 
>   On the day, there were 20 children from the ages of 5 to 18 years old, in the 
> kitchen chopping, sauteing, roasting, mixing, making bread etc.  .  And they 
> were SPECTACULAR!  By noon we were so far ahead of schedule, I wondered why we 
> don't do this every time! Lol
>  .  Every child was on time reporting to the kitchen, they were scrubbed shiny 
> clean with hair secured and aprons on.  Every child also used knives and heat 
> (open flame, burners, ovens etc.) and there was not a cut finger or a burn of 
> any kind.  Feast was served on time, at the appropriate temperatures to an over 
> sold feast populace
>     I am so thrilled with these people that I just had to share with you. Thank 
> you for allowing me to do this.
> 
> A votre service,
> HE Elisabeth de Calais
> 

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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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