SC - The High Cost of Feasts/Events

[Marty Burke]

Dear Ras
If you have a group that will pay $15-$20 a person for feast, willingly and
happily, I want to move to your reality. Because in almost 20 years in the
society I
have seen a few feasts worth it. The feasts that are not worth it,unfornatly
remain in peoples memory much longer
and burn brighter think that with the way the populace
are avoiding feasts (at least in this kingdom). WE need to strive to keep
fees under $10, and serve good food with entertainment, and word of mouth
will go further to
enable you to serve bigger better feasts.
Ragnar
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> [mailto:owner-sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG]On Behalf Of LrdRas at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 4:50 PM
> To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: SC - The High Cost of Feasts/Events
>
>
> 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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