SC - The High Cost of Feasts/Events
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Tue Oct 13 14:49:37 PDT 1998
In a message dated 10/13/98 1:41:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
Marian.DeBorah.Rosenberg at washcoll.edu writes:
<< Looking over this whole thread, I can't, for the life of me, understand why
people are complaining about spending $15-$20 on a 3+ course meal with
entertainment.
Please! >>
The irony is that they are spending not the amount you specify per person but
merely an average of 5 dollars per person for a 12 dish gourmet meal which, in
a lot of cases, has never been tasted by man for at least 400 years. Now,
personally, I think that 5 dollars for such an experience is extraordinarily
INEXPENSIVE. I would like to see the same person spend 5 dollars for a total
of 12 menu items from any restaurant in the world. :-0
For instance the Silver Rhyll event feast has a menu of at least 13 dishes for
minuscule fee of 5 bucks per person. :-)
.
Here is a conjectural cost based on current commercial prices at an average
restaurant>
1st Service
Bread- 1.25 Pumpkin Soup- . 95 Brood- . 95 Cecil (Cucumbers
in Yogurt Sauce)- 1.95
2nd Service
Roast Chicken w/ Pomegranate Sauce 6.99 Saffron Rice- 1.25 Carrots
Apicius .95 Garbage- 1.25
3rd Service
Roast Pork in Garlic Sauce- 7.99 Sauerkraut w/ Sour Cream and Butter
Sauce- 1.25 Dumplings- 1.95 Baked Apple- 1.50
The prices above are an extremely low estimate but 5 dollars sounds to me like
a real bargain for $28.93 dollars worth of gourmet delights! :-)
Ras
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