SC - on-board / off-board

[Olwen the Odd]

In Atlantia, the practice is to offer both on and off board.  The events 
flyers ask folks with specific dietary concerns (allergys, religious 
guidelines, vegetarian, etc.) to contact the feast-o-crat in advance.  Those 
considerations ARE taken into account and an alternative is offered.  If a 
diner comes to the table and finds nothing they can eat, it is most likely 
because they did not contact the cook.

As for our cooks guild here in Bright Hills, we know certain folks have food 
concerns and we "build in" to our menus a limited number of alternate foods. 
  If we know for certain we are having special guests from afar, we do our 
best to seek out information on the subject before-hand.

Lady Olwen


>From: "Catherine Deville" <catdeville at mindspring.com>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: SC - rare foods at feasts-rant
>Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 10:48:56 -0400
>
> > Most events in both Aethelmark and East have the event fee, with or
>without a
> > dayboard and a separate fee for the feast. That is what he means by 
>going
> > 'offboard' to an event.
>
>hmmm... then his post is even more confusing to me, because if they *have*
>paid for the feast, then certainly they should expect to be fed, but
>conversely if they have chosen to purchase the feast then they should
>expect to be fed medieval foods.  if they do not expect to like what they
>would be fed, then they should not pay for the feast.  That's simple logic.
>
>I know that I've been out of things for a while, and that things may have
>changed, but the last time that I had access to a Popular Chivalry, event
>fees were still mostly feast-inclusive, so the feast fee was part of the
>event fee.  In which case one does not have the choice to go "off board"
>without incurring additional expense for your meals.  While this may not be
>a problem for many, for others (I started as a poor student, so my
>perspective often comes from that place) it's not reasonable to expect them
>to pay for an event which includes feast and then hop out to McD's.
>
> > I frequently go offboard to events, being ultra allergic to mushrooms,
>and many
> > people using commercial stock bases and otehr conveniences with 'natural
> > flavors' that quite often have mushroom essence or tropical products [my
>other
> > main food allergy is palm or tropical products.] I will also go offboard
>if I
> > don't like the menu for the feast.
> > margali
>
>I agree that the best solution is to always give the feasters the choice...
>but my *experience* has been that this was generally not the case.  If
>things have changed so that feast fees being seperate is the norm, then
>that sounds like a good thing as it gives people choice.  Is that the case
>in most kingdoms now?  Is it a kingdom by kingdom thing or an event by
>event thing?
>
>I remain, in service to Meridies,
>Lady Celia des L'archier
>
>
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