SC - How do you know a dish was well liked or hated?

[RichSCA at aol.com]

 Aldyth,  

I am going to chop you missive into some main pieces and let me know if this 
what you meant.    

1. - Seriously, though, I don't pay much attention.  I just cook, and they 
eat. 
2 - Last year at a feast I did, when the last course came back almost 
untouched... 
3 - That doesn't bother me at all.  

The reason I am asking is for some reason it bothers me when food comes back 
uneaten.  If it comes back untouched because it sucks -- then I "feel 
bad/sad/whatever" that the populace was served yucky food.

If it comes back because the dish was wonderful, but populace was "too full" 
to eat it...it still bothers me.  
In both cases, I feel that I have spent the group's money unwisely.  I want 
the populace to eat their fill, but not have too much waste. Is this a 
contradiction or an impossibility?

Rayne   

In a message dated 4/5/00 5:21:21 PM Central Daylight Time, Aldyth at aol.com 
writes:

<< 
 I am pretty happy when no one gets sick. :-))  Seriously, though, I don't 
pay 
 much attention.  I just cook, and they eat.  Last year at a feast I did, 
when 
 the last course came back almost untouched, the comment was, "I think you 
 have robbed them of the will to eat."
 
 That doesn't bother me at all.  I usually troll the hall asking people who 
 have no idea I am the cook what they liked the most, and least.  It is not 
 particularly important to be paraded out by the Royals for the atta boys, at 
 least for me.  
 
 I am really proud of my guildmembers though.  They have really worked hard 
on 
 the A&S feast we are doing this Saturday.  I will be able to grin from ear 
to 
 ear on Saturday knowing that I am NOT the cook in charge, and it worked 
 anyhow.
 
 Aldyth >>