SC - on table menus
micaylah
dy018 at freenet.carleton.ca
Thu Apr 26 08:02:31 PDT 2001
Caointiarn said.....
> A ploy I used for a potluck feast at a Shire A&S was to copy
simple
> recipes out of my library, and assign dishes -- "you want to make a
side
> dish? choose from these 4 -5 recipes." Both redacted, and
non-redacted
> (but in current english) for the folks to play with. let them ease
into the
> thinking that period food prep isn't all that bad/hard. And that
was a
> start of the dinner conversation: who made what, how easy/hard, etc.
Yup, I've used this method on a number of occasions. Works really well.
In my experience most non-cooking people are actually gratefully to be
steered and directed and seem more enthusiastic about doing more than
brining the usual requisite bag of apples. One thing I do do is separate
the recipes into degrees of difficulty. That way no one is intimidated
and all are proud of their accomplishments. Also, I find it creates a
mindset that "if I can do this, perhaps......".
Micaylah
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