SC - Re: [mk-cooks] Feast prices

[Alderton, Philippa]

Llew skrev:

>When Planning a feast with a site fee, I always make certain that we plan
to
>break even on the site with those we plan on eating feast (ie their feast
fee
>plus their site fee equals cost of the event). Daytrippers are pure profit.

OK, then I'll get more specific, asking for advice.

The reason I was planning on, or at least thinking about, combining site and
feast fees is because the potential event will most likely be a picnic
event. It is intended to be for Equestrians, with plenty of fighting, light
and heavy, and archery. I think we'll be able to allow some camping, both
nights, mostly for folks who have a long way to go.

My facilities will be an open field, running water from a hose, some light
electric, and my own creativity. I'm a blacksmith, so my own creativity is
well able to handle any cooking gear I need to craft, and living in the
country as I do, I can get meat inexpensively by the animal.

My thoughts for the food......

I'm thinking of a free lunch, basicly bread and two soups, one vegetarian,
the other meat, with a note up asking folks to take out all the solids, the
idea being to use the juices for sops for supper- if you notice, most folks
do that anyway ;-)

The first course of the feast itself will be fresh fruit and fresh bread and
sops. No butter mixtures will be served since in period, most of the butters
which are so popular at SCA feasts were limited to medicinals, rather than
condiments as we use them today.

The second course will be  will be roast flesh- I'm thinking of an entire
lamb, and possibly an entire (small) pig, with appropriate sauces. Also, a
large vegetable salad- Llew, I'd like your advice on that- and a hearty
bean/chickpea type dish, for the vegetarian crowd, another starch as well.

Third course will be a dessert type thing- haven't decided on that yet, but
I'm thinking cheeses, "to close the stomach".

I'm basing the entire meal on Platina. Service will be reps from each group,
with non-alcoholic beverage servers to roam the area.

Think I can do the entire thing, with two meats, for about $400.

If we were to combine Feast and Site for $10, break even point would be 50
people.

If I can catch up with Masters Arundel and Fulk, I have every intention of
asking them for advice, in fact picking their brains until they're tired of
me. Poor Master Adamantius knows what's coming ;-)

So, any advice?

Phlip

Nolo disputare, volo somniare et contendere, et iterum somniare.

phlip at morganco.net

Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

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