SC - Period Feasts/modern tastes
upsxdls@okway.okstate.edu
upsxdls at okway.okstate.edu
Thu Oct 15 13:16:07 PDT 1998
Greetings, Gwen-Cat here...
I am new to this list (but not the SCA) and could not let this point pass
by...
I also pre-test my recipes before a feast - on my roomies, my household,
the local cooks guild, and or a party - but the experiments are out of my
pocket... the budget is for the feast and feasters!!! and as for buying
retail - Not if it is available on sale, in bulk, at the farmers market...
(in on case I wanted a somewhat obscure veggie (and knew this in spring for
a late August feast) so I grew it myself!)
I hope to learn from all you venerable posters, so thank you in advance for
all the useful knowledge I plan to glean from this list.
Gwen
Caerthe
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Original Text
From: "kat" <kat at kagan.com>, on 10/15/1998 1:37 PM:
To: Incognito_SMTP at InfoTech@MSCD["'cooks'" <sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG>]
Ras writes:
>> And you need to try the recipes out on some associates
>> to see how they are received, how they will play in a feast, and what
>> changes you need to make to fine tune them. I usually throw a dinner
>> party for 12 to 16 when I'm testing out a feast menu and I do not lack
for
>> volunteers.
Anne-Marie responds:
> i heartely second this! I have taught Feast Planning classes in the SCA
and
> been told "oh, but I never pretest!". It was like it was a point of pride
> with them. They may have lucked out, but theres nothing that cant be done
> better and cheaper if you plan ahead.
Actually, though I agree with Anne-Marie about testing recipes, I must
confess I am a staunch opponent of the ubiquitous "tasting dinner."
NOT because I don't believe in testing the recipes ahead of time; I do that
anyway, both when I redact them and when I'm gearing up for feast. (Remind
me to tell you the story of my husband's accidental period chicken
sometime...)
**Soapbox mode on**
What I DON'T agree with (this is not directed at any specific person, just
a general complaint) is the common practice in my area of paying for the
tasting dinner **out of the feast budget.**
I think that reeks! I have been to too many feasts where there was barely
a mouthful of meat per person "but we spent all the money in the budget."
Yeah, and I bet they paid retail, too... <sigh>
I think that if one pays $12-$15 for a feast, one should get a feast. Not
a mini-dinner plus the knowledge that one paid for the cook and the local
nobility and a few friends to have a nice three-course meal last week.
**Soapbox mode off**
Pardon the semi-rant; this topic came perilously close to one of my
buttons... :-) NO offense meant toward Anne-Marie or Ras, who have my
highest respect, or toward anyone else...
- kat
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