SC - alcohol revisited

[Rosalyn MacGregor]

To echo what I believe is Balthazar's point, why is the onus on the cook
rather than on the feaster? Why is it not the feaster's duty to not eat
feast if he/she has a food allergy? Why does the cook have to go out of
his/her way?

Yours,
Rosalyn MacGregor
(Pattie Rayl)

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Decker, Terry D." <TerryD at Health.State.OK.US>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 5:19 PM
Subject: RE: SC - alcohol revisited


> > I guess that what I am trying to say (or type) is that
> > these people have SOMEHOW managed to avoid these
> > certain foods WITHOUT all of the additional
> > precautions we seem to demand from an SCA cook, so why
> > does it now become imperative that they be informed
> > much more than they would be at a local restaurant?
>
> At the local restaurant, you ask the waiter, who, if the are smart and
don't
> know the answer, asks the cook.  Same with the servers on a line.  This
> avoids the bad publicity of people dying from your cooking and the ensuing
> lawsuits.  Since SCA servers usually don't know what went into the food,
and
> ingredient list provides the necessary knowledge.
>
> I posted a complete ingredient list at the Protectorate Feast and it
seemed
> to be the most widely studied document at the sign in.
>
> >
> > They can obviously look out for themselves, or they
> > wouldn't be at the table anyway.  And if they can't,
> > then eternal shame upon them.
> >
> > Balthazar of Blackmoor
>
>
> Despite having the ingredient list, I had two questions raised.  The first
> was "What has mushrooms in it?"  The answer was none, but the person was
> concerned because mushrooms are used in various pre-packaged stocks.  I
was
> able to point out that everything was being made fresh.  That person went
> away happy.
>
> The second question was "Was the yeast in the bread produced on potato
> starch?"  I couldn't answer the question because I purchase yeast in bulk
> without information about the manufacturer or the manufacturing process.
> That individual decided not to eat the bread.
>
> These people did look out for themselves and I am certain that without the
> ingredient list, I would have been fielding a number of other questions.
>
> Bear
>
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