SC - Steppes 12th Night Report

[Mark.S Harris]

Headcook Gunthar replied to Elizabeth about his 12th Night Feast:

> You might have a shopping list for 50 extra people and another for
> 100 extra people already thought out so that you can send somebody out for
> the ingredients for some filling, quick, and easy dish you can add to the
> feast if necessary, and/or for extra cheese, bread, and fruit you can add
> for almost no work.

We did something similar. When the count reached 500, I got 15 lbs of pasta
and
threw it into the broth left from the Citrus Chicken. I came out very tasty.

>>>>>>>
Unfortunately this was the one dish that I didn’t like. Orange flavored
pasta. bleach. :-< I wonder if I would have liked the sauce better over rice?
Probably just personal taste.
<<<<<<<

> You may also want to have extra servers lined up ("I
> don't think I will need you, but can I count on you if we have a real
> crowd?") and maybe extra assistant cooks or scullions.

The lack of servers is what really hurt this feast in the main case. I guess
I
should have called for people from the tables to come forward but I'd hoped
to
avoid that. I had no lack of help in the kitchen, thankfully.

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Our server did a good job. I don’t think she skipped anybody or any
item. It just took her a while to serve everyone around an 18 person or
so table. Usually by the time she had made it around, the side she
started with had finished their item and she would ask if anyone wanted
seconds. After a couple of rounds we got her to alternate the sides she
started on to even this out.
<<<<<

> There is also the
> question of where you put people--is there a side room you can put a few
> more tables in, are there a few more tables you can put in it, are there
> serving dishes you can put on the tables?

I really didn't bother with where the people were sitting. That was up to
the
Event Stewards to worry about. They did run out of tables, I'm told.

>>>>>>
There were announcements made in late afternoon asking for folks with
empty chairs at their tables to let them know, so that they could find
room for the folks still coming in. Someone also came around and went 
from table to table asking this question.

The hall was big, but rather mundane, so room was not a problem unlike
some other Ansteorran 12th Nights I have attended.
<<<<<

I would love to do a nice intimate dinner for 200 with a real
kitchen.

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When and where Gunthar? When can I send in my reservation? :-)

How about doing one of those fancy-food above-the-board feasts that
have been discussed here? Do that down here, and I might even be willing
to autocrat/event steward an event again.

Stefan li Rous
stefan at texas.net
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