SC - Request

[Siegfried Heydrich]

Bernadette said....

> I do a lot of the non-alcoholic recipes in my own cooking.  It's
> the other Cooks who are running the feasts who don't want to be
> bothered finding some of them and adding them into their menus to
> account for some members dietary restrictions that's the
> problem.  I'm not saying the cooks on this list do that... but
> I've met many in my years of SCA activity who have refused to
> take religious dietary restrictions into account when planning
> their menu.

Bernadette, perhaps you should look at it as not so much being
bothered to find other recipes, but rather wanting to try the one's
they have already researched. I am one of those Cooks that does not
take allergies, dietary restrictions and preferences into account.
When cooking for a couple of hundred people or more, it is obvious
that you are never going to please everyone. By being open to
listening to all and sundry about what they can and can't eat would
just be an never ending  task imo.

By having the menu (and ingredients) posted electronically way in
advance of the event, and having a little ingredient list at the
tables (complete with documentation and a little history lesson), this
situation gives the consumer the necessary information and opportunity
to decide whether they want to skip a dish, go off-board, or to go
off-site. I would also never do a feast that was so complete with any
one ingredient as to make, say, someone with an "allergy" to alcohol
not able to eat feast. I am a firm believer in voting with your feet
if necessary.

Micaylah