[Sca-cooks] Handling special diet needs at feasts

[Kirrily Robert]

In lists.sca.sca-cooks, you wrote:
>
>>- one chronically ill person with dietary restrictions which disallowed:
>>    - dairy
>>    - eggs
>>    - most grains (rice and corn OK)
>>    - much sugar
>>    - anything fermented or fungal, incl. soy sauce etc
>>    - most preservatives and other chemical additives
>>    - only allowed small amounts of meat
>
> You know, at this point I'd be tempted to suggest this person either
> eat out, or bring his/her own dinner. . . Yes, I know it'd cut down on
> fun times over the dinner table, but if you're visiting, should you really
> make the cook go to such extraordinary lengths?

She was a family member, as it happens, and lived with us.

K.

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