SC - alcohol revisited

[Bonne of Traquair]

>
>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?

I did not interpret Balthazar's comments to mean he didn't think the cook 
should not have to post ingredients, but that the cook should not have  
change recipes in order to make a feast recipe 'safe' for one person with 
special needs.  The cook should stick to their own plan, and the onus is on 
the guests to take care of themselves per the information given them.

Without at least the favor of a list, the only decision anyone with food 
problems can possibly make is to not eat feast.  I don't know about you, but 
the people in the hall are my friends and I want them to stay with our other 
friends and enjoy a meal together.  And then clean the kitchen for me!

These days, I don't think posting ingredients is so far out of the way for 
the cook to go.  The list doesn't have to be pretty, just legible.

- -The simplest method is to photocopy your recipes and physically cut and 
paste the ingredient lists onto posterboard.

- -Or, you or some designee with clear handwriting can write out the 
ingredient lists on a set of pages or a piece of posterboard.  For those so 
blessed, this is a task meant for apprentices, proteges, or your own 
children if old enough.

- -If you have your recipes on the computer, you can easily cut and paste the 
ingredient lists from each recipe into a single document and format it as 
nicely as you care to.

- -MUCH higher on the scale is the recipe booklet giving the original recipe 
and version in use for the feast, history, etc. etc.

Bonne




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