SC - redactions

[Christi Redeker (Contractor)]

What I have done and found successful is take any dish I make a
redaction for to a meeting or a get together prior to the feast (if I
have enough notice) and let people there try it and make any
suggestions.  Then I don't have to have a specific get together for
people at my home and cook the feast twice.  I had great notice for one
feast and then I created one dish at a time and took it to an event or
meeting and got opinions.  This also created a great interest for the
feast itself.  People knew what they were being served ahead of time and
knew if they liked it or not.

Christi (Who has her new persona narrowed down to a choice of four names
and can't find a four sided coin to choose for her ;D )

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>From: 	Uduido at aol.com[SMTP:Uduido at aol.com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, May 13, 1997 8:45 PM
>To: 	sca-cooks at eden.com
>Subject: 	Re: SC - redactions
>
>In a message dated 97-05-13 22:08:23 EDT, you write:
>
><< I've also found it can be useful to get half a doz. sca friends together
> and an informal tasting a week or two before the feast to try out any
> new redactions you may be trying.  >>
>
>Since this is a very good idea, I'll have to do it or feel guilty! :-) Of
>course this involves cooking the feast, literally several times, and then
>presenting it twice more,...oh, well martyrdom was always a goal of mine.
>
>The feast that I'm doing in June at Will's Revenge is 4 courses, each
>consisting of 4 dishes (16 dishes total + a truly amazing subtlety) and, as
>usual, all the recipes are newly redacted, I was wondering what format the
>mini-feast should take? Should I do the testing in the same
>order/combonations as the actual feast or do a buffet-type thing where guests
>could taste and pick at will?
>
>Yours in service to the Dream,
>Lord Ras (uduido at aol.com)
>