<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Happy to serve.<br><br>Meadhbh<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Annie Hamel <ahamel77@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> General Mailing List for the Barony of Stierbach <moo@lists.stierbach.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, March 30, 2014 9:02 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Moo] Gratitude for the help in the kitchen at
Defending the Gate<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv5038999578"><div dir="ltr">Good day to all in the Barony,<div><br></div><div>I was really pleased my team served a well received feast last night.</div><div><br></div><div>A head cook is only as good as the people who help her cook, plate and serve the food. </div>
<div>Therefore, I would like to personally thank the gentles who made this feast possible.</div><div><br></div><div>First, I would like to thank the group of young lads and ladies from the <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:15.199999809265137px;"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Renaissance Club of Mary Washington University. They were reliable and helpful kitchen minions all day. They did a lot of the prep work for the recipes and gave us a hand in cleaning too. I tried to keep a list of names, but unfortunately it was thrown away before I could save it. Thank you!</font></span></div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;">Wynne</span><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;"> ferch Rhodri gave me invaluable information and tips about a kitchen I had never cooked in. Thanks to this information, we were able to plan our day and make this a low level stress event.</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.800000190734863px;"><br>
</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.800000190734863px;">Karin Taylor de Cameron came to my home and helped us in cooking the stew a week before the event. </span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.800000190734863px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:12.800000190734863px;">Kat came up to the kitchen yesterday and spent her day doing any and all things that needed to be done. I was really happy to meet you and thank you for your help.</span></div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;">Abe</span><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;"> Akirakeiko was a cheerful presence in the kitchen yesterday. She came to help last weekend at the pre-cook session at my home and gave us much needed help yesterday as well. </span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;">Sophia</span><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;"> van der Werken also came to help last weekend. Yesterday, she took charge of several recipes, which was a great help.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;">Rosamund of Akeru Thunder baked and donated the naan breads that were served at feast. Not one bite returned to the kitchen! She also was a great help on the day of the event, cooking chicken all afternoon. </span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;">Alexandre De Tourouvre was at my side every step of the way. He helped with the recipes selection and at all the pre-cooking events we held at our home. He was there in the kitchen from start to end, helping where he could. I love you, my Lord!</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;"><br></span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Last, but definitely NOT least, I would like to thank my good friend Meadhbh Inghean Sheamuis. Your help and support was invaluable. The pies and lemon cookies you baked were other dishes I did not see come back to the kitchen, I received wonderful comments on them. You kept me sane when I was worrying so much about the details of the feast. Thank you!</font><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:arial, sans-serif;line-height:16.1200008392334px;"><br>
</span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">YIS</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Heloise Le Gardeur</font></div><div>
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