Madrone Baronial Banquet XXXIX/2005

Date

12 Mar. XXXIX/2005

Branch

Madrone (King County, WA)

Autocrat

Nicolette Thomas

Site

Nordic Heritage Museum, Ballard, Seattle, WA

Annual Event

Madrone Baronial Banquet

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Activities

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Event Highlights

Here's the schedule for the day:

• 11am - site open
• 12:30pm - dance class (get ready for the evening!)
• 2:00pm - "Ack, I've been called up in court!" demo
• 3:00pm - processional
• 4:00pm - court
• 5:30pm - table setup
• 6:30pm - dinner
• after dinner - dancing/socializing
• 11pm - site closes

The menu will be (subject to last minute changes): First course -

• Sausage in potage - bratwurst braised with apples, onions, white wine, and butter
• Rote ein Weiss - a salad of red and white cabbage in a sweet sour vinegar dressing
• Gebraden scherp - beans fried with bacon
• Carrots de Rumpolt - carrots with milk and butter
• Pilz scharf - tart of mushrooms with cheese and herbs
• Roten Eigel - a figgy hedgehog subtlety

Second Course -

• Home-made bread and fresh butter
• Roast chicken with cremona mustard - a sauce of mustard, preserved orange, quince, and rosewater
• A Salad platter - assortment of salads including beans salad, dressed eggs, etc.
• Cartufle de Casteau - the strange starchy root from the new world, served with a red wine butter sauce
• Green Genoese Pie - a pie of spinach, herbs, and cheese
• Candied Oranges - fresh oranges grilled with butter and cinnamon sugar

Third Course:

• A banquetting course - an assortment of sweet treats, tarts, and yummy things to be served on side boards. Likely to include such things as Marzipan Wafers, Prune pastries, Shrewsbury cakes (and other English dainties), assortment of fruit tarts (such as plum, quince, apple, pear), and dried fruits and nuts

Every course has been planned so that even lacto-ovo vegetarians will be able to eat most everything. Meat dishes will be clearly identified. If you have any specific allergies (nuts, msg, vinegar, etc), please let us know ASAP so that we can tell you what dishes should be avoided.

I hope you'll come and join us!

- Nicolette

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