[Sca-cooks] subcontracting dayboards/meals

[Micaylah]

> >Question for the assembled: has anyone tried a variety of
> 'subcontracting'
> >meals-- where one person makes up the list and gets various cooks to be
> >each responsible for preparing/bringing one dish? How practical is this?
> >I'm thinking of it for a dayboard.
> >
> >-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa   jenne at fiedlerfamily.net

We frequently do this as a "Potluck". The Coordinator researches and
compiles the menu, the gentles can pick the recipes they prefer and the
potluck becomes a cohesive Feast. There are things that need consideration
such as kitchen space and the ability to precook some of these.

As well, in many of Ealdormeres feasts it occurs that certain elements of
the Feast are, in fact, the responsibility of other cooks rather than the
"Head Cook". I have some strong opinions regarding the "Head Cook" doing any
hands-on cooking the day of, and feel their main responsibility on the
actual day, unless otherwise delegated, should more or less the Feast
Coordinator. Given that there can be many folks in the kitchen on event day,
a Head Cooks attention is constantly in interrupt mode. To me this smacks of
potential disaster for missing/forgetting ingredients, timing, etc should
the Head Cook be actually cooking as well. Some people are good at this I
suppose. I am not and delegate as much as I possibly can. Best case
scenario, I don't cook anything and am responsible for nothing the day of,
depending on my trusted cohorts, which leaves me available to be all places
in the kitchen at once without distraction.

Micaylah