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| 9:00 | Site Opens | |
| 10:00 | Classroom 1 | |
| 10:00 | Classroom 2 | |
| 11:00 | Classroom 1 | |
| 11:00 | Classroom 2 | |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 | Classroom 1 | |
| 1:00 | Classroom 2 | |
| 2:00 | Classroom 1 | |
| 2:00 | Classroom 2 | |
| 3:00 | Classroom 1 | |
| 3:00 | Classroom 2 | |
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| 5:00 | ||
| 6:00 | Site Closes |
Classes
Classes on food, cooking and food-related topics such as brewing, vinting and preserving are possibilities. (The site is discreetly damp.) Teachers can present non-cooking classes if they clearly relate to food culture. All classes can focus on European or non-European cultures. There is a kitchen, but instructors must bring their own equipment and serving utensils.
Please fill out this Google form to sign up to teach.
Deadline for signing up is Oct. 18.
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Cooking Challenge!
Cauldron & Cutlery is sponsoring a challenge for chefs to test your skills, try something new, or just enter for the joy of cooking for others! There are three categories and a fabulous prize for the winner of each: Expert, Intermediate, Beginner.
The challenge? Make a dish based on an artistic depiction from before 1600. The artwork can be a painting, woodcarving, illumination, fresco, mosaic, even a sculpture, if you can find one! Find what inspires you, and then make something that looks like that, interpreting what goes in it according to the skill level you choose:
- Expert. Perhaps you are a Laurel, or have lots of experience with historical cooking. Here’s your chance to show off! Using period methods, ingredients, and recipes that can be documented to SCA period, you’ll create your dish to be something that could have popped out of the artwork and delighted diners of the day – as well as the tasters of today! The winner of this category will be decided by a panel of 3 judges.
- Intermediate. You have done some period cooking, but you’re not quite ready to play with the Max Millers of the world. Your ingredients, methods, and recipe should be your best guess at what’s historically accurate, based on what you know and have access to. The winner of this category will be decided by a panel of 3 judges.
- Beginner. You’re here for the vibes! Great for kids or beginners who just want to try this historical cooking thing – give it your best shot at what you think will be fun to make. The winner of this category will be awarded by populace bean count, not judged on historical accuracy.
Rules:
- All entries MUST be safe to eat.
- All entries should be accompanied by the name of the dish, a complete list of ingredients, a picture of the artwork that inspired the dish, and a quick write-up of why you chose it.
- Intermediate and Expert entries should also include relevant recipes and sources. Any substitutions made from the original sources should be noted. Full documentation is not requested.
- We encourage dishes to be made ahead of time as there is only one kitchen for all entrants. The kitchen will be available as space permits.
- Paper products and drinks will be provided, but please bring along any appropriate serving utensils for your food item. If you are entering in the Beginner category, you may wish to bring sample servings or containers.
- You only need to cook one unit of the dish you choose, but we will be opening the entries to the populace to try after the judges have sampled.
- If you don’t want to enter a contest, you can bring something just for fun – please still include a list of all ingredients.
Please contact Baroness Claricia de la Mere with any questions!