[Sca-cooks] Serving stuff over rice

[Stefan li Rous]

Urtatim said:
<<< Finally, at these expansive state dinners, food was brought in, placed on the tables, diners at a little, and the dishes were whisked away. Europeans were shocked, since they'd barely gotten a taste, but it was also true that the Ottoman diners had only gotten a few mouthfuls of each dish. The food was not discarded but each dish was served elsewhere to people of lesser rank - and after they'd had their mouthfuls, the dishes went on to people of even lower rank. So while a feast might have several dozens of dishes, diners only had one or two mouthfuls of each. >>>

Interesting.

It probably wouldn't go over well in the SCA. Too many whole and half-chickens served, as we were a few weeks ago. It took longer than that to try to cut and tear apart the chicken into servable chunks.

And too many SCA nobles, and even us lessor folk, carry daggers. :-)

Stefan

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