Service Styles (was Re: SC - re: Dayboard - feast crashers)

[margali]

We were at a feast in a boarding school and had the run of the kitchen complete
with dishes and flatware.

My personal preference is to have serving pieces for each group of 8, although
it sort of misfired at Legends of Chivalry [sort of]
<rant on>
At legends, they shoved 3 tables together, and there was2 3/4 tables of us. The
oteher 3 people at 'our' table was with the partial party at the table on the
other side [we were the end table, the rest of their party was at the middle
table] so they shared our half of the service with their group, making needful
that the people at the other table send food down to us. We forcibly corrected
it for the next 2 courses. I HATE having the tables shoved together like that
because this wasn't the first time that had happened to us before. I hate having
to deal with picked over food-we had to ask the server to find us food because
nothing got to our end of the table, they *assumed* that sice they came together
that the service was for their little group, never bothering to think that they
had to *share* with the rest of THEIR physical table.

Ignoramuses! Anybody with half a brain could see that the service was per table,
not per group.
margali
<rant off>


> Someone said
> something about some feastcrat sending out courses plated... I can't see
> how that would be possible when folks bring their own feast gear.  I once
> sent out my courses "plated" (so to speak)  for the entire table (i.e., one
> wooden trencher set with 8 servings for each table per server) but that is
> the closest that I've ever seen to plated courses at an SCA feast.  Has
> this become common?  Or is it an oddity that happened once to someone?
>
> I remain, in service to Meridies,
> Lady Celia des L'archier