[Sca-cooks] Feast Procedural Question

[Siegfried Heydrich]

    My personal response would be to tell them to go to hell. If they want
that kind of oversight power, that's best applied in the kitchen with a
spoon in their collective hands. I would not do a feast with that kind of
intrusive attitude on the part of people who aren't going to be in the
kitchen.

    Sieggy

-----Original Message-----


>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