Mooneschadowe's Gulf War Camp Kitchen
Founding and History
From Elsa: At Gulf Wars XI, then-HL Maggie (Magdelena da Cadamosta) made breakfast (I remember pancakes) for the little camp in the "Ghetto" - two parallel lines of Army half-shelter tents where 7 newbies camped just a little bit away from the Mooneschadowe Main camp at Gulf Wars XI. (We had much more land than we knew what to do with back then.)
At Gulf Wars XIII and XIV (I missed GW XII), the plan became a little more formalized: Maggie set up her kitchen resources, and she allowed anyone who would bring their own supplies and clean up after themselves to use her grill and tools. That was mostly successful - except for the part where she still usually had to clean everything before she could use it again. Her stuff was primarily only used by other people for breakfast; I think she made her own dinner, and it sounds right in my head that most everyone went to the Food Court most nights.
Ahead of Gulf Wars XV, Aline and Elsa set up a Gmail account: GW15planning (gmail was invite-only back then - whoa!) so we could collaborate on sending informative emails to new Gulf Wars attendees. I'd have to check the archives to know if that's when we started talking about coordinating food, but that sounds right.
Function Notes
Initially, (c. GW 18-21), Sammich Ninjas made sammiches (sometimes to order, sometimes generic) appear after battles so the War-weary fighters could recover more quickly.
- Meal notes:
- Lunch consists of sammiches; hopefully sammich ninjas will step-up to make a pile around lunchtime.
- Breakfast is a hot meal when a cook signs up - heavily featuring scrambled eggs
- Dinner is always hot - even at a warmer War, we find a lot of comfort in a hot dinner
- Functioning since c. GW 18:
- Breakfast is a la carte.
- Lunch and Dinner are pre-reserved and paid-in.
- Starting around GW 28:
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are pre-reserved and paid-in.
- Must live in Mooneschadowe camp to participate and/or designate someone to hold your plate if you won't be in-camp at dinnertime.
Evolutions
From the Mooneschadowe War Cadence: "At Gulf 16, it was darn cold. We sold our food for cloth to fold." Our newbies that year used their food money to buy one cloak for two of them to share.
| Year | War # | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | GW 17 | Charles the Grey of Mooneschadowe and Elsa von Snackenburg |
| 2009 | GW 18 | Charles the Grey of Mooneschadowe |
| 2010 | GW 19 | Ludeweicus von Liechtenstein and Aline Swynbroke |
| 2011 | GW 20 | Ludeweicus von Liechtenstein and Elsa von Snackenburg |
| 2012 | GW 21 | Elsa von Snackenburg and Haemon Metellus |
| 2013 | GW 22 | Elsa von Snackenburg and Najat bint Aylgolgesi and Vailathai filius Carantacus |
| 2014 | GW 23 | Haemon Metellus and Najat bint Aylgolgesi |
| 2015 | GW 24 | Haemon Metellus and Najat bint Aylgolgesi and RosMa |
| 2016 | GW 25 | Haemon Metellus and RosMa - and GulfNado |
| 2017 | GW 26 | RosMa and Lars of Mooneschadowe |
| 2018 | GW 27 | Elsa von Snackenburg and Turpin Tyme |
| 2019 | GW 28 | Elsa von Snackenburg and Chiaretta da Sanseverni with Lars of Mooneschadowe and Séigíne Brecc and Mikjall Stoti |
| 2020 | GW 29 | --> Cancelled for COVID on the Thursday before |
| 2021 | GW -- | --> Cancelled for COVID - this time with more notice |
| 2022 | GW 30 | Elsa and Séigíne |
| 2023 | GW 31 | Charles the Grey of Mooneschadowe and Lars of Mooneschadowe |
| 2024 | GW 32 | Charles the Grey of Mooneschadowe and Séigíne Brecc and Mikjall Stoti |
| 2025 | GW 33 | Charles the Grey of Mooneschadowe and Mikjall Stoti |
| 2026 | GW 34 | Séigíne Brecc and Mikjall Stoti |
