[Sca-cooks] What would you advise?

[Mina]

I feel the need to add to this discussion, I have an allergy (to Ginger) a
very common ingrediant in medieval food, yes the allergy can be quiet
serious, I still attend feasts, and cook them (often with dishes that
include gignger, )  I simply get one ont he helpers to do the taste tests,
(have slipped up while making ginger bread though and tested the mix, I was
not a happy or a well girl)

now getting back to the point, In all my years in the Sca I have felt it is
my responsibility to check what is in the food at feasts, and I will happily
accomidate people who advise me in advance of their allergies.  People
throwign themselves in at the ngiht (and this includes vegitarians and
vegans) will be met with a very polite "sorry you didn't book, and you
didn't notify me in advance, your nearest options are.........."

Given the amount of time required b cooks to do what they do I do not think
this curtisy is an option

Dominica

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[mailto:sca-cooks-admin at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Ted Eisenstein
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 2:44 AM
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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] What would you advise?



>OK, let's have a show of hands. How many people on this list have
>allergies that preclude them from eating certain foods? (Hm, many hands,
>mine included.)
Well, there are a couple of foods that, while not allergy-causing, will make
me seriously gag and run to the bathroom. . . (I'm serious. I don't have
anaphylactic responses to them, but every time I try to eat them, I gag
big time. To this day, I can't even be in the same room when, say,
baked beans are being cooked, the smell's enough to set me off.)

Alban
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