[Sca-cooks] re: Lemon Syrup

[Ted Eisenstein]

>Yes, and my budget is $600, ie. 75 cents a head; we will be serving a
>dayboard starting about Noon, running to 4:00, then a court board that
>starts around 4:30 and runs until court is over.
>
>Nuts get pricey quite quickly, and so does beef, and they get used up very
>quickly. Fruits and veggies not only keep well but are cheap. Cheese gets
>mushy if it gets too warm but I only offer a small portion at a time to
>discourage gorgers.
I think the original point is being lost here, somewhere. There _will_ _be_
people who _need_ more protein - diabetics and hypoglycemics being the
two I can think of after a second or so; and if all you offer is eggs and
cheese, those will go very, very quickly. . . Yes, I know people with
dietary restrictions should be careful about bringing their own food; but,
still, people are also fallible, and forget, or don't bring enough, or you'll
have out-of-town guests who won't be able to, or some such. If you can
possible get some more, even for behind-the-counter diabetics-only
emergency use, it'd help.
(Set up a donation bowl? And schedule a run or two into the nearest
grocery store for nuts and such? 75cents/head is, what, one bag of
M&M's?)

>At Crown Tourney, we offered a separate serving of beef and cheese cubes
>(in addition to the chicken soup, lentil soup, eggs, and savory toasted
>cheese) at the quarterfinals of Crown because the fighters complained that
>they didn't want to eat until they were finished fighting and the protein
>was generally all gone. That serving (about 10 lbs meat, 10 lbs cheese)
>was finished in 10 minutes flat, and I'm fairly sure most of the fighters
>never moved from their positions at the ropes of the finals list. ;)
See? Get more protein, and everyone'll be in love with you! <grin>

75 cents a head?

Alban