[Sca-cooks] serving breakfasts

[Siegfried Heydrich]

    Putting out leftovers is an excellent way for the feastcrat to simply
make sure that food doesn't go to waste. Throwing out food is a major
bugaboo for me . . . If the 'crats are serving all meals, then it's great
for stretching your budget, though sunday breakfast isn't a big mover
(unless it's a 4 day event), as most people usually don't stop throwing up
before 8 . . .
   Breakfast isn't a high profit item for us; it's very labor and equipment
intensive, and the potential for wastage / spoilage is high. But since we
set up the tavern as a service to the Kingdom (all the other food vendors
went away for a variety of reasons, and we were asked to pick up the slack),
we serve it simply because someone has to.
    We charge $4 for a basic 'murcan breakfast - scrambled eggs (though
we'll do them to order if circumstances allow), a choice of bacon, sausage,
or corned beef hash, home fries, toast with butter & jelly, and the nectar
of the sacred bean. We generally pile on the carbs, as most SCAdians have
mongo appetites. We make a profit, but not all that great.
    If you want to do a breakfast tavern, make sure the power you'll be
pulling won't trip the breakers (they're usually inaccessible), and that the
people who are supposed to be working it don't get too blasted the night
before. One real problem is getting your workers out of the sack . . .
    If the site kitchen is available, use it, but make sure you get out of
there before the feastcrat starts up. Make sure it's clean before you leave,
or you'll never hear the end of it. If you have to use your own equipment,
make really sure it all works ahead of time!! (whoo, boy . . .) The best
advice I can give is to plan well, and be prepared to wing it when something
goes wrong. And it will . . .

    Sieggy

----- Original Message -----
> I do have a question and an opinion about breakfast served
> at events.  In period I have been lend to believe that
> "last night's dinner would have been breakfast the next
> day"  Would that be appropriate at an event? (if it is even
> true at all) Another thought I had is  the persons who
> would be running the breakfast board find it easier and
> more profitable to run it as a tavern?