SC - feast $

[LYN M PARKINSON]

Leri, et al, 

You can build up a nice treasury for your shire from feast profits.  This
money is then available to the next Feast Master as 'front money', which
is repaid by the proceeds of the event.  Not all great cooks have the
hundreds of dollars available in their own bank accounts to buy the food
for the feast they're preparing.  If you live at the 'back of beyond',
and want to be particularly encouraging to people to make the trip, you
have money for especially nice prizes.  While it would probably be
illegal to buy cook books or equipment for one person, a shire/barony
sponsored guild might be legally able to acquire these goodies, available
to all for the benefit of the group's events.



On the subject of money, some of the shires I've lived in do not have
communal items.  Each Feast Master buys everything from scratch.  This is
a needless expense.  Barony Marche of the Debateable Lands had a Barony
Larder, so that the 7/8 bottle of herbs left over was available for the
next person, and if 25 lbs of rice cost almost the same as the 5 lb pack,
the remainder could be held until next time.  If your shire does only 1
event a year that may not work out, but consider the savings.  Cleaning
products, foil and plastic, as well as food staples are much more
economical in this manner.



Allison