[Sca-cooks] Dayboards

[Elaine Koogler]

Orlaith, I am very close by and if you ever decide you would like to
cook a feast, I'd be honored to help you in any way I can.  Seriously,
though, you can't be afraid to ask for help.  If you don't like doing it
one-on-one, just get up in your barony meeting and tell folks that
you're cooking the XYZ feast, that you're having a precook on such and
such a day and everyone is invited.  Then you tell folks that you are
going to need help in the kitchen the day of the event.  I have found
that I usually get more help than I know what to do with!

But come what may, you only have to let me know that you want to bid a
feast, and I'll help you in any way I can...including letting you come
and visit my library.

Kiri

Nelson Beth wrote:

> This is a good point.  I know it's one of the reasons
> I have only done one stint as head cook and do not
> plan on doing another anytime soon - as well as one of
> the reasons I'm not looking forward to autocratting.
> I have an almost phobic fear of asking for help.  It's
> really difficult for me to ask anyone for anything
> even when I know them, and almost impossible if I
> don't know them well enough to know they'll say yes.
> It's really a self-confidence issue that I've been
> working on, but hard to overcome.  I've assisted in
> the kitchen and love doing it, but when it comes to
> being in charge I freeze up.  I'm hoping that I just
> have a worse case then most people because it is a
> major hurdle in getting new head cooks.
>
> Orlaith
>
> --- Christina Nevin <cnevin at caci.co.uk> wrote:
> > Unfortunately a lot of potential Head Cooks seem to
> > get scared off. I
> > remember when I first started out I had a very
> > fragile ego about my feasts
> > (I now have a Teflon apron ;-) Getting someone to
> > Co-cook seems to work, but
> > you really need to do the logistics and scheduling
> > together and I think a
> > great deal of that has to do with personality and a
> > willingness to admit
> > lack of knowledge and a need for help - something
> > few of us (including
> > myself) find easy to do.
>
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