SC - Re:period food/demo's

[Bronwynmgn at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/29/2000 1:24:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
evfemia at mail.com writes:

<< How does one go about it?  Do you usually have mundane people signed up
 ahead of time so you know how much to bring.  Does one typically charge
 by the plate or can the cost be low enough to not have to charge.  >>


The one I did for the Girl Scout leaders was a class they had to register for 
ahead of time, so I knew I would have 24 people.  I requested a $2/person 
charge; they paid that to the council, and I was reimbursed for $2 times the 
number of people who signed in.  I actually had 20 show up, so I got $40 back 
of the $55 I spent.  Not bad.

The other times I've done it I've just made a bunch of munchies and served 
them until they were gone.  Usually my fellow shire members are really good 
about dealing with the leftovers if I overestimate.  I've never charged for 
this sort of tasting, and I'm not sure if I legally could.  If 
non-perishables are involved, I use what I can out of the shire stores (which 
I keep at my house anyway) and just buy the stuff I need fresh.  I could 
technically get reimbursed from the shire for it, since the food is for an 
SCA activity, but I haven't needed to.

Brangwayna Morgan