SC - Shopping savvy for Feasts-revisited

[Phillippa Venn-Brown]

> From: Kathleen M Hogan <kathleen.hogan at juno.com>

we had one of our
> shire members get a deer specifically for the event (which is in May each
> year) and we popped it in the deep freeze.  You try to find venison in
> May :0  I feel that timely shopping and a good deep freeze is one of the
> best ways to cut feast costs.

I think Rowan was referring to commercially frozen vegetables as a rule,
rather than the home put up/preserved or frozen varieties. In Rowany
(Sydney) we are lucky in that most vegetables/fruit are available most of
the time in the fruit markets, although not always cheaply. However, for
your information March/April/May is the only time venison is available
here. It's the northern/southern hemisphere thing.

Also, the chemises in Kyriel's posting were not the delicate voile
confections we ladies usually like to wear but were made of heavier
material, I think a kind of sheeting, and were worn with the skirts in a
kind of ensemble/uniform for the female servers.

There is one group in Lochac which does do "off board" but it doesn't occur
all that regularly and is usually for the staff. The group is St Florians.

Most groups in Lochac Have group tablecloths etc with which we set up the
halls. However this does not prevent attendees from laying their own
service over the settings. This is only the case where the hall and tables
have been set up and decorated with a specific theme, such as Midwinter
Investiture three years ago and our upcoming Yule feast. 

In Lochac we tend to go the whole way with our feasts. We do provide
candles and candlesticks etc. particularly if they are essential to the
setting and ambience of the event but people are always encouraged to bring
and use their own also. In Rowany, because we have so many stewards and
organisers who have set ideas on how they want their event to look and
proceed, you have a pretty good idea what will be necessary to bring by who
is stewarding/cooking the event as advertised and tend to pack for the
event accordingly. This also holds for some of the other groups in Lochac.

Filippa Ginevra (who usually does the Rowany subtleties)
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