[Sca-cooks] That's our story and we're sticking to it!!

[chirhart_1]

This is Chirhart"s apprentice, Hans Van Hoorn.
 I am a former  head of the Bright Hills Cook's Guild.
About the only feasable solution is to inform the "victim" of the allergy
that he/she should refrain from partaking  the feast.  It is unreasonable
and unfair to expect an entire Barony to concede to the requirements of one
person.   I think that she wouldn't want to eat the feast if the allergy is
so life threatening.

Chirhart's opinion is put the "A" in adult when it comes to this kind of
thing (like onions) and inform her that she needs to be an adult. The onoins
will always be there.  If each individual (feast steward, host/hostess)
decides to leave out onion from thier dishes, more power to them.  If that
is thier choice, then they should be commended for doing so.  However, she
should not expect the entire Barony to go onionless to suit her.

We run a full fat, full flavor, all fun kitchen.
And yes we do take allergies into consideration, but we won't allow an
individual to hijack an event.

Chirhart, and his apprentice Hans



From: "Rosine" <rosine at sybercom.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 10:01 AM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] What would you advise?


> I'm not feeling particularily balanced when it comes to addressing this
> problem, so I'm appealing to the list.
>
>    We have a newly-arrived member of the barony who insists on eating
> onboard. She doesn't consult with the cook beforehand (she and her husband
> also eat as part of the "baronial mess" when we're camping), but she has
an
> allergy to onions that she says is so extreme that her throat will swell
if
> she kisses her husband after *he* eats a dish prepared with onions.
There's
> been a certain amount of silent pressure from her to push the host/ess of
a
> casual gathering (like a fighter's practise with munchies) to insure that
> onion-less foods are provided.
>    I have to admit, until she arrived, I'd never even considered how much
I
> relied on onions in my food preparations - nor thought of how insidious
> their use was in pre-packaged foods like ketchup or sauces.
>
>    I'm beginning to fear that the silent pressure will increase (not from
> her, but from other members of the barony who are reacting to her youth
and
> beauty and her husband's potential as a really good fighter) to the point
> that our cooks will no longer be comfortable serving foods... it has
already
> caused stress for the hosts and hostesses of our holiday gatherings.
>
>    Are there any kind of substitutions for onions? Is this actually an
easy
> fix? Are we going over-board in catering to this sigular sensitivity? (I
> must add that at our last event, the feast cook was not informed of the
> girl's allergy and was considerably taken aback when on the day of the
event
> she was treated to stunned disbelief that she'd planned a menu that
involved
> onions - and the girl made a quietly public scene by breaking into tears
in
> her husband's arms in the main hall when he left the kitchen to tell her
> what the menu was... but that could have been merely stress and dismay,
and
> not artifice.) I'm at a loss as to how to address this, and at some point,
> as the baroness, I'm going to have to. So does anyone have any
suggestions?
>
> Rosine


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