[Sca-cooks] Feast Procedural Question

[Ratboy]

Ok now I have never been head cook but I have helped alot and heard
about the budgeting...
I could see one case of this but I would think it odd....

Sounds to me like they are still deciding the budget for the event and
usingthe feast to decide it.

The Baronial part I am not sure of.  Sounds like either you ticked
someone off or the baron is to big for his tights.

For the Budgeting aspect of it it could be a compliment... I mean let me
put it this way... If I looked at someone like Admantius who used
friggin lobster in a feast... and that is a WOW!!!! Not a Bitch...  if I
had the opportunity to have him as a chef  then I would have to say uhmm
look we aren't sure of our budget yet can you give us a "standard" feast
menu in this range, then a "Hmmm  Impressive" menu in this range, and a
"Holy Sh#$ WOW" menu in this range.  Then I would seriously look at the
locale... Could we draw enough people to afford the "Holy Sh@#" feast.
 Or would we need to cut down to "Standard"

Master A please don't take any of that as an insult it is not meant as
such you were a convenient example as I have never seen lobster or any
of the shellfish that you used... (May not have been lobster but there
were some serious shellfish...) used at ANY feast EVER!!!!

I think you could take this any way if it weren't for the baronial
decree part...

But That is my two tablespoons worth though.

Nichola

Jim Fox-Davis wrote:

> 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