[Ansteorra] feasts and food safety

[Richard Threlkeld]

I would strongly recommend anyone who wants to be in charge of a feast get
some training in food preparation, storage, and safety. Do it so that you
won't be the one responsible for the 8 people going to the hospital with
food poisoning. Do it because you want a reputation for serving tasty and
safe food. Do it for your own satisfaction.

I'm a ServeSafe instructor (the national certification that meets the state
requirements in all states for food service managers and owners), but I'm
pretty sure no one will want to pay the $85 testing fee plus the course
costs. However, many of us have taught basic courses in food prep and safety
and I expect we will continue to do so. In Elfsea, we ran a Cooks' Guild for
several years which taught prep and safety then branched off into how to buy
efficiently, how to plan menus, feast day logistics, how to cook various
types of dishes, etc. It was fun and informative.

In Service,
Caelin on Andrede



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ansteorra-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:ansteorra-
> bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Stefan li Rous
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 12:21 AM
> To: Inc. Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA
> Subject: [Ansteorra] feasts and food safety
> 
> 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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