SC - Re: SC- feast options was rant

[Olwen the Odd]

At many of our 2-3 day events, usually the childrens guild or the armourers 
guild opt to do the breakfast and set out a contributions bowl.
olwen


>From: Philip & Susan Troy <troy at asan.com>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: SC - Re: SC- feast options was rant
>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 12:41:18 -0400
>
>Jenne Heise wrote:
> >
> > Well, we solve that by serving lunch on the field.
> > My worst experience was having made 350 sausage/cheese/mushroom rolls 
>for
> > an event with an expected attendance of 250-300. These were about the 
>size
> > of a small woman's fist. I had people taking three and putting three on
> > their kid's plates... which of course got thrown out since the kid
> > couldn't eat THREE of them. After that I tended to go overboard with
> > quantities and practice portion control by putting out only a small 
>number
> > of anything at a time.
>
>This is why I will never leave whole loaves of bread out at a dayboard 
>again.
>
> > Sunday morning breakfasts are a big blowout:
> > sausage gravy, eggs, onions, peppers, mushrooms, biscuits (apologies to
> > Ras and Cariadoc, but that's what my shire does and people who come to 
>the
> > two summer events have come to expect...)
>
>And believe me, I disapprove heartily, but for the sake of good manners
>I usually manage to conceal my scholarly disdain of such foods at
>events. It is only fair to the cooks who have worked so hard, albeit
>misguided, for me to suffer through it and sample some of everything.
>They've gotta stop baking the biscuits on top of the sausage gravy,
>though ;  ).
>
>Adamantius
>--
>Phil & Susan Troy
>
>troy at asan.com
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