The locals cease their discussion and turn to regard Andar with mild curiousity in their eyes.  Then the two draw themselves up, puff out their chests, and proceed to pontificate, trading off every few words in a fairly comical display of mutual punditry.<br/><br/>The essence of their discourse is as follows:<br/><br/>"Why, certainly!  Our Duke, being a man of excellent taste and great generosity, invites cooks from far and wide to come present him with dishes of their own creative design.  Being a wise man, he then judges the results and then allows these culinary masterpieces to be the centerpiece of an eating contest held immediately afterwards.  As in every year, he awards a purse of a thousand terces to the winner of each...although the cooking contest brings the greater glory, as it demands more skill to cook than to consume.  Does this sufficiently answer your inquiry, oh newly arrived vagabondish person?"