[Sca-cooks] honey butter

[Kathleen Roberts]

LOL!!!  Sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands. 

I once did a feast (with husband as autocrat) and we were waiting for the Crown to let us know they were ready.  We waited.  Finally, a local noble went back to the Royal Room, knocked, stuck his coroneted head in and mentioned the feast to which the King cried "Oh my God!  Feed my people now!!!  I'll be there in five minutes."

We fed.  They ate.  The King came and joined his Queen already sitting.  The crowd cheered and continued to eat. 

Toes were not stepped upon.  All's well and all that.

Cailte

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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] honey butter

Surely you jest (right and don't call you Shirley).  Considering some of the waits I've had at feasts, "sit down and served" ain't exactly the standard. 
(I will admit that my last feast meets this standard.  The first course was over the bar within five minutes of the Crown's arrival and I sent out a course roughly every 20-25 minutes following).

My classic wait was at the first event (Steppes 12th Night) I attended outside of my local group about 40 years ago.  We sat down.  The feast was on hold.  The King held court.  The feast was on hold.  Then the Prince held 
court.   The feast was on hold.  Then it came to Baron Alymandus Draconus 
(probably misspelled, it's been a long time).  He look out over the crowd and in a beautiful bass voice says, "To hell with court, let's eat." 
Whereupon the food began to flow, a little worse for the wait and we began dining three hours late.

Bear


Also, one reason we expect bread and a spread to be on the table is because when we go to restaurants, those items are on our table so we can nosh while waiting for our food.  With period feasts, you sit down and the food is served, so there's no waiting period.


Your servant,

Anne

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