SC - Bad Feasts--Philosophically Speaking

[deborah minyard]

The most important up front thing the autocrat or group can do if the event 
will be at a new site is to make sure that the kitchen is adequate.  Never 
assume that all those lovely appliances work.  If a kitchen has known 
problems make sure the new cook is aware of them.
Maddalena

> > If I may, I'd like to suggest that bad feasts do more than
> > just harm the
> > reputation of the cook. They harm the reputation of the group
> > holding the
> > event. They also give fodder to those who are certain that
> > period food is as
> > much to be avoided as the plague. People will forget who
> > cooked a specific
> > Twelth Night feast, but they will remember which group hosted it.
> >
> > If we accept that this is the case, what can the autocrat and
> > group to do to
> > insure that an incredibly spectacular failure doesn't happen?
> > And, will the
> > cook allow such a scrutiny to take place?
> >
> > Yours,
> > Rosalyn MacGregor
> > (Pattie Rayl)
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