Elsa's Event Write-Ups

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Calontir's Cook's Symposium 2013

As posted on the Mooneschadowe list, 4-29-2013, when Jean Paul asked how the event went.

I thought was several kinds of awesome. Let me describe the event:

Friday night is social - people saunter in as their time allows, and since this is a gathering of cooks, someone brings nice wine, someone else has home-brew, someone has a collection of cheeses (some of which may or may not be banned), and someone else has bread. When Sabine and I got in around midnight, the party was fairly quiet in decibel but well attended.

The classes on Saturday are a nice blend of hands-on and show and tell. Many classes have a "here, taste this" component when they are not "let me show you this hard-to-find resource." Teaching classes is gratifying because the audience knows how to use the thing you brought as an example of how your recipe can go wrong. :-) Her Majesty Calontir participated in classes and brought grace and beauty to the day.

Feast is "potluck" in that people bring things that they've made at home or on site in the course of their classes. There were several kinds of sausages, lots of breads, exotic desserts, and fancy vegetables (including armored turnips). Everything was tasty and plentiful. And the company was lovely and interesting and engaged.

I think we'll be better able to tell stories at the Revel - about the Food of the Bayeaux Tapestry, and Nostradamus's opinion of what to do with cherries, and how to start translating German works from the 1400's into tasties to share.

~Elsa