[Ansteorra] feasts and food safety

[Stefan li Rous]

Which is why it is becoming more common, although unfortunately not  
done throughout the Known World, to post ingredient lists for feasts.  
While cross-contamination can't be ruled out, and it happens in  
restaurants with paid staff as well, this goes a long way to helping  
this situation.

While many headcooks will cook for people, with allergies, special  
dishes without specific ingredients in them when requested, this isn't  
something that anyone should expect. Ask for and look at the  
ingredient lists for feasts and make your own decsion whether to eat  
the feast or not. Ansteorra is one of the kingdoms where it is usually  
possible for feasters and non-feasters to sit at the same table and  
enjoy their time together.

on-r-offboard-msg (16K) 9/17/01 Comments on allowing non-paying/non- 
eating folks to attend SCA feasts.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/on-r-offboard-msg.html

ingred-lists-msg  (18K)  4/ 6/07  Posting ingredient lists at SCA  
feasts.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/ingred-lists-msg.html

I would also like to see more folks involved with feasts, and  
especially the headcooks, take courses in food safety such as the one  
that Dore's brother was going to teach at Candlemas but which  
unfortunately got canceled. I'm not sure that I would require these at  
this point, but I would strongly encourage that these be taken.

Stefan

On Feb 7, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Elizabeth Crouchet wrote:

> Yep, when you don't make your own food, you take a chance every time  
> you
> put a bite in your mouth. You do the best you can, then you take your
> chances. Life is full of those risks.
>
> Claire
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Adam R Thompson <adam.r.thompson1 at gmail.com
>> wrote:
>
>> While the family did not sue as far as i know, I do know of one  
>> case of
>> death due to an allergic reaction to something in a feast.
>>
>> Richard

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