[Sca-cooks] Regretable foods...

[Elaine Koogler]

Yeah, at my first Pennsic, we camped with a lady who didn't believe in using
coolers (didn't want to do anything out of period...she even had a problem
with Phillip using a Coleman lantern inside the tent to take out his
contacts!)...so she left things like butter and hard-boiled eggs sitting in
the sun and heat all day long.  Phillip and I couldn't bring ourselves to
eat what she served for fear of being sick so ate with friends the whole
time!

Kiri

"Laura C. Minnick" wrote:

> I remembered the one truly regrettable food experience I've had in the
> SCA- and it was sort of second hand...
>
> I'd been in about a year, and I'd made garb for my husband and all three
> of my kids, and we went up to a little archery tournament being held in
> the mountains about an hour away, by a neighboring branch. The kids had
> a blast- youngest was toddling around in her diapers (she's taller than
> me now...) and Cute Lil' Annie was curtseying to everyone. The spousal
> unit was grumpy about having to wear weird clothes, but he borrowed a
> bow and shot for awhile and (I thought) had a good time. I was just
> soaking everything in (you remember your first year?...)
>
> There was a potluck in the evening, in this big beautiful lodge- open on
> one side so you could see the eric. I had brought a fruit tray or
> something because it was an outdoor event and I wasn't bringing anything
> but a picnic basket. There was one table full of pies- they were there
> all day, and I assumed they were fruit. They weren't. When I went
> through the food line with the kids I discovered that they were meat
> pies- shepherd's pies with gravy and such inside. The Lizard Brain said
> 'Hmmm... been out all day- think I'll pass'. I fed the kids on stuff I
> knew was ok.
>
> Husband apparently hadn't brought Lizard Brain- he thought the
> shepherd's pies were great. Had seconds. And... I don't know about
> anyone else that was there that evening, but in the middle of the night
> I witnessed what was an obvious case of food poisoning. I almost took
> him to ER.
>
> I don't know if it really figured in, but it was the last event that he
> went to voluntarily. I almost never eat at potlucks, and this is why.
> Hate watching someone else be sick- don't care to do it myself.
>
> 'Lainie
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