SC - hiding ingredients

[Seton1355 at aol.com]

This day does Lady Phillipa Seton greet and commend Lady ' Lainie, 

Thank you gracious Lady for pointing out to Master Siegfried Heydrich that 
hiding ingredients in a dish is not a chivilrous thing to do.
I am a practicing Jew.  I am no longer orthodox in my lifestyle, but I  
almost lost my breakfast cereal as I was reading this post.

I would not take kindly to being fed foods that are against my beliefs.  When 
I eat a feast I assume that the cooks will "take care of the dinners" in a 
chivilrous manner and not cause them, as you say, "psychic pain."  The eating 
of life-blood is so disgusting to me that I feel traumatized just sitting 
here!

PLEASE  people, let the populace know ALL the ingredients in a dish.  Let 
THEM make the decision to eat something or not.   And here we step into the 
area of allergies,  If you cause a person to eat an ingredient that makes 
them sick for days afterward..  Is it really worth it, just to get them to 
try something new?  Doesn't that person have the right to say "no thanks, I 
don't want to risk being sick for days afterward."  What right does any cook 
have to endanger a feaster.
I know what I am talking about!!  As a person with ulserative collitis, I 
have to be very, very careful what I eat. I need to know EXACTLY what is in a 
dish and how it was prepared or I run the risk of becoming VERY sick.

So, PLEASE!  Try gentle persuasion and tiny portions of something new when 
trying to get people to try new things.  Hiding ingredints just isn't right!!
respectfully,
Phillipa Seton

<< Siegfried Heydrich wrote:
 > Also, (he said with an
 > evil grin) I had the people I got the rabbits from save me a quart of 
blood,
 > so I could thicken the sauce properly. I didn't tell anyone about it until
 > the following day, after everyone had raved about the meal, and it had been
 > safely digested and converted to fertilizer. I then let the cat out of the
 > bag, and watching the shocked looks of incredulity pass over peoples faces
 > was a riot.
 
 This was, while maybe cute and effective and a way to get people to eat
 something new, A REALLY BAD IDEA. Had it occurred to you that you might
 have violated someones dietary or religious proscriptions? While I find
 the 'hiding' of ingredients just a little rude if you are trying to get
 around picky eaters, sometimes ingredients can be lethal. Or in the case
 of blood products and a practicing Jew, you have just caused them some
 considerable psychic agony. Do you _really_ want to treat you fellow
 SCAdians like this? While I understand the motivations that might lead
 to this, I would hope that you don't do it again. PLEASE- always label
 ingredients. For your safety and the confort and safety of your diners.!
 
 'Lainie
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