[Sca-cooks] What class would you teach/take?

[lilinah at earthlink.net]

Siggy wrote:
>      No, SCA funds cannot be used to BUY any alcoholic beverages, though
>  alcoholic INGREDIENTS are a different story. If they're donated (and the
>  site has no restrictions), the SCA has no position.

And Jadwiga answered:
>I believe that official groups of the SCA cannot, in their official
>capacity (i.e. as part of an event meal), distribute potable alcohol,
>whether they buy it or not. Certainly if another teenager goes home with a
>bottle of wine she picked up off a feast table, the courts are unlikely to
>care whether it was donated to or bought by the SCA.

I have discussed this issue with a BOD member who is a friend of mine.

SCA funds can purchase alcohol to be used in cooking.

No SCA funds can be used to purchase alcohol to be served as a beverage.

If some individuals wish to bring alcohol for their own personal
consumption, that is not illegal, if the site is not "dry".

If some individual not an officer of the SCA (and Kings and Queens,
for example, are officially and legally officers of the SCA) or group
of individuals who are not an official SCA group (i.e., NOT a Brewers
Guild or a Barony) want to make or purchase alcohol and donate it to
a feast that is legal, again, if the site is not "dry".

Obviously it is the responsibility of officers of the SCA to see that
no minors drink any.

Carding people at the door and stamping their hands (or foreheads :-)
if they're minors isn't that hard to do, although it might not seem
like a Medieval tradition and might raise a few hackles.

If your area has a severe problem of adults feeding alcohol to
minors, then i can see why you'd be hesitant to allow it at feasts.

Anahita