SC - Green peppers

[Mark Harris]

Gunthar wrote:

>  I sometimes feel a little insensitive but my feeling is that if I publish a list
>  of the courses ahead of time and a list of ingredients at the event, as well
>  as making allowances for people that call asking about ingredients, I'm
>  doing my part for the food allergies, religious prohibitions, and moral
>  discretions.  I try to be mindful of the people out there and deal with the
>  most common problems, i.e. I won't serve just pork for a meal, I try to have
>  enough dishes that vegetarians will walk away satisfied, etc...  But I just
>  can't make allowances for every type of problem that walks into my feast
>  hall.

Milord, well spoken.

I have long made it a practice, whenever I feastocrat something, of putting in the following info in ALL event copy going out:  

Feastocrat:  <name><number>.  **Please contact the feastocrat with any questions/concerns you may have regarding allergies, food sensitivities, etc.  There will, as always, be vegetarian items available.**

In four years, I have gotten one --ONE-- phone call.  Then, a few months ago at a meeting, a very dear vege friend who attends all my feasts happened to mention she can't stand mushrooms.  (Being a mushroom lover; I have an unfortunate tendency to put mushrooms in a lot of my vege dishes.)  

You can please some of the people some of the time.... 


>  The happiness of my diners is of great importance to me but sometimes all
>  I can do is provide ingredient lists and use common sense in the kitchen.

I think that, if we make ourselves available ahead of time AND make a basic dish-by-dish ingredient list available during the feast, that we have indeed done all we can possibly do.  If someone has an almond-oil-allergy attack during one of my feasts I would be horrified and very, very upset and concerned; but I wouldn't feel guilty.  If you have an allergy it IS your responsibility to watch out for yourself  (which is exactly what I tell my walnut-allergic husband every time I smack his hand for picking up a chocolate-chip cookie before asking what the nuts are!)

ISTS,

	- kat



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