[Sca-cooks] New award in our barony for COOKS!

Susan Lin susanrlin at gmail.com
Mon Jul 30 18:40:53 PDT 2012


That is wonderful - I don't know of any other award specifically for the
cooks - good for you!

Shoshanah

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Kathleen Roberts <karobert at unm.edu> wrote:

> This is so cool!
>
> At al-Barran (Outlands) Arts and Sciences competition, our Baron and
> Baroness announced the creation of an award (non-amerigious I think) for
> those cooks who serve the masses on the field, the feasters in the hall
> with tasty period creations, and do it "willingly" and with grace and
> beauty.   SO COOL!!!!  Sorry, I said that already.  It is the Order of the
> Scorpion's Spoon.   Gives recognition to we cooks who can so easily fall
> into the chasm between service and art.
>
> Does something like this exist any where else?
>
> I judged, but there were no food entries so i got performance, letters,
> weaving (!) and woodworking (!) to judge.  Weird.
>
> I did teach my Early Irish Food class (with samples).  About a dozen
> people attended, including the Baroness who is no stranger to the kitchen
> crew.  Well received, and I am in negotiations for a smallish (80?) early
> Irish feast for the 2013 schedule.
>
>
> Cailte
>
>
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> Kathleen Roberts
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> University of New Mexico
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> "Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him
> through temporary periods of joy."
> W. B. Yeats
> "The hand that rocks the ladle rules the world."
> Nadia G.
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