SC - FW: Anniversary banquet

[ekoogler at chesapeake.net]

 The reason?  Apparently, it's
> against the law to serve game meats at an event where payment is required to
> participate.  In other words, if you're serving venison that was contributed
> by a whole bunch of hunters, you have to make that available to *everyone*
> (even passers-by) for no cost.  If you charge for it, it has to be deer that
> was raised in an FDA approved manner, which gets really expensive.  Check
> local laws if you want to be sure.
> 

It's truly weird...all of a sudden all sorts of things are showing up here that 
I've seen done for years that are in one way or another potentially illegal.  
First, there was the business of kids in the kitchen...now you're telling me 
that if someone donates a deer to us for use at an event, we can't use it?  I 
suspect that what the deal here is that possibly this might apply to 
restaurants or other "for profit" situations.  Ours is non-profit, so I suspect 
that this would not apply.  Whatever.  We here in Atlantia serve deer whenever 
we can get our "grubby little mitts" on it.  This includes several years at one 
event held at a Boy Scout camp where the chief ranger not only donated a deer 
to our feast, but cooked it himself...mmmmmmm...it was great!

Kiri

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