SC - Cooking at Faire

[LrdRas at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/4/99 8:27:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, chicagojo at rni.net 
writes:

<< Has anyone done a food booth? I must admit I wonder the logistics of it. Do
 any of the major wars have period or periodish  food booths?
 Estrella had one that had hand held tarts and stuffs, they seemed pretty
 periodish and was pretty good too.  What about Pennsic or Gulf Wars?
 Just curious,
 Zoe >>

Our shire had a food booth at the Lewisburg Arts Festival for several years. 
We started out selling homemade soft pretzels and strawberry lemonade. After 
a year , we added ginger bread and cardomon cookies. That launched us into a 
food booth that was built by our own THL Gille and shiskabobs were added then 
spinach pasties. We didn't need any special licence in PA to run it for a day 
and we always did well monetarily with it, SFAIK. Perhaps Gille could fill in 
on the details that I have overlooked or am unaware of.

So far as Pennsic is concerned, the food merchant business there is pretty 
much tied into  just a few merchants. The logistics of feeding a potential 
group of several thousand people everyday for a week or so are staggering so 
those that are set up are mostly professionals. My favorite eatery is the 
emergency squads food tent. Decent food at very reasonable prices. There is 
an Italian ice booth, a steak hogie place, an Chinese booth, a Middle eastern 
set-up and apizza place. Also on the list is a bread bowl booth, my favorite 
place is The Battlefield Bakery which sells completely authentic period pies, 
tarts, and other tasty morsels. It is a wee bit pricey but a definite 'gotta 
eat there at least once a Pennsic' place. Wonderful food by wonderful and 
knowledgeble cooks. :-)

Ras
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