peta problems (was re: SC - Florilegium -Furs and OT)

[Michael Newton]

    My household has been doing a tavern for the last couple of reigns, and
are doing quite well. I was approached by the KS last year, who asked that I
consider selling food & drink to the populace, as all the others who had
been doing this had gone away . . .
    We did so, and overachieved just a tad. We've done 3 coro/crowns, and
now have a 20" x 40' pavilion, a full set of prep / serving tables that are
stained, varnished, and painted with the House badge, tables & seating for
40+, tasteful & discreet lighting, lots of tiki torches that use LP cans and
also burn citronella cartridges, lots o' decorations, and a field kitchen
trailer.
    This is a 6' x 12' (in its current incarnation - this is a work truly in
progress) trailer with a 36"x30"x18" smoker / oven, a 3 burner gas stove w/
oven, fold down utility sink, plumbing, permanent gas lines, set up for
power, etc. It has all the pots, pans, knives, trays, etc, that I need. I
can serve 500 a day easily out of this puppy. And each time we use it, it
gets modified and improved. It's largely been built by my protégé, who is a
retired marine, VW mechanic and computer tech, who builds cars to order. You
should've seen the VW dump truck . . .
    We've been selling rats on a stick, kebabs, grilled sausages,
frankfurters, sekanjabin & sodas, but the salads and lighter foods just
didn't sell. People down here are unrepentant carnivores, and want fat &
protein. We're thinking about simplifying breakfast - last time we did eggs,
choice of meats, hash browns, toast and coffee, which was too hectic. Scotch
eggs, oat cakes with marmalade, and strong coffee with a pinch of salt - the
breakfast of champions! I figure we'll sell 'em in a brown paper bag and
open a drive thru for the fighters on the way to the field . . .

    Sieggy