[Sca-cooks] Article: Feasting with Food Allergies

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> 4. Assume you will be lied to about spices. I have heard people get told
> there was no _______ in something, when there is, but they didn't think
> such a small amount would hurt. Ask a direct question like "Any __ - any
> at all? Did you even handle the ____ while you cooked this?"

Is it my imagination, or is this the equivalent of 'don't eat feasts if you have an allergy?

Perhaps those on the list who are in food service can clarify this for me:
but my brothers and mother who have all been in food service-- not to mention
kitchen helpers that come from food service and don't know not to use the same
ladle in two different types of soup, then put it in the first soup--
indicate to me that people expect a much higher level of protection from
potential allergens in SCA feasts than they get in restaurants.

If someone was that afraid  of contact with a potential allergen, I would say
"Since I have some of that stuff in my kitchen at home, and some of this
food was cooked in my home,
here's your money back. You shouldn't eat this meal, a speck of that stuff
might have been in the air when I was preparing it, even though all
reasonable precautions have been taken."

-- Jadwiga, who resents being called a liar even in the collective.