SC - portion control and planning

[Hank]

I apologize for jumping into this one late, but what caught my notice was
the mention of excess and throw outs.  I must say that I abhor waste and
have gone to extreme to get full use.  This has meant that our group has
formed an association with a local food kitchen, and in those instances
where there has been excess (not left overs) we have gladly donated this to
the kitchen and they have been most appreciative.  Without doubt this has
provided us an opportunity to maintain a very positive relationship within
our community and has prevented food from going to waste.  I was able to
convince them theat our cooks were well versed in proper food preservation,
that proper methods were followed in the preparation and finally that the
food was not left overs but rather excess.  Since we tend to cook mostly
fresh, they really appreciated having this over canned.

A thought for those looking for a way to do a good deed and still not worry
too much about excess food.

Yours in Service
Muirghen

- -----Original Message-----
From: Gaylin J. Walli <gwalli at ptc.com>
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Date: Friday, November 10, 2000 12:18 PM
Subject: RE: SC - portion control and planning


>>Always? Hmmm. Sometimes not much. In all honesty when I cooked this past
>>spring, we gauged it so well, that the only thing we had to throw away
>>was a lot of cold pasta. I took home three pies, a gallon ziploc of
gourmet
>>cheese, and some onions. Not bad for two feasts
>
>And in case anyone was wondering....when I went for a short walk through
>feast hall at the second course, people were *begging* me not to send out
>any more food. That has got to be one of the top 5 most satisfying things
>I've ever experienced cooking a feast. Stuffed and happy feasters and not
>that many leftovers. *big fat grin*
>
>Of course it made my barony sad because we usually auction off the
>leftovers after a feast....Oops. :)
>
>Iasmin
>
>Iasmin de Cordoba, gwalli at ptc.com or iasmin at home.com
>AIM: IasminDeCordoba
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