[Sca-cooks] Feast Procedural Question

[Aurore]

I feel sorry for you.  I've never cooked feast before but I've helped prep
and eat enough to have an idea.  Sounds like you have too many cooks in the
kitchen and they don't have a clue what their doing.  Aurore

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Fox-Davis" <firedrake at earthlink.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Feast Procedural Question


> Hi, gang, I have an odd question for you who've also done a lot of
> feasts (or even one) in the SCA.  I've been doing them for 26 years, and
> for the first time, I've been asked to prepare three menus at different
> price points (costs of $8, $10, and $12 a person for food and prep
> costs), for the "Committee" to then tell me how much I have to spend.
>  Every other time I've done a feast, they've told me what my budget was,
> and I went from there.
>
> In addition, my Baron wants veto power over the menu.  The last several
> times we've done feasts, we've hardly even told them in advance what
> they're getting, and they've always been happy.  We always have
>  alternate dishes prepared for those with allergies and those who's
> dietary restrictions are unusual (Vegetarians, low sodium, etc.  Has
> anyone else been seeing this sort of response?
>
> Jared Blaydeaux
> Altavia, Caid
>
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