[Sca-cooks] OK, I have deputies... now what?

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> OK, this is going to sound like an odd question... but two of my friends
> wanted to be my deputies for my next feast. Which is really great, but I
> have no idea what to do as far as getting them involved beforehand - this is
> one of those things that I know pretty much what I want to do already, have
> already done the research, etc...so I feel kind of bad about saying they
> could be deputies...I'm one of those people that's very very bad at
> delegating anything... and "didn't play well with others" as a kid... lol.

When I was Juliana's deputy for the feast we did, we chose the recipes
together, then she had me work out the timing schedules for what needed to
be done when (partly because I felt that that was my weak point) and then
we divided up the recipes on the day of and during the pre-prep. I did a
good portion of the pre-prep while she (or she and I together) did most of
the shopping. Then, in the kitchen, we shared the duties of supervising
everyone else, and I was responsible for plating stuff and getting it
ready to be served during the actual feast, while she kept cooking.

-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa   jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
"Lend our voices only to sounds of freedom/ No longer lend our strength to
that which we wish to be free from/Fill lives with love and bravery/
And we shall lead a life uncommon." -- Jewel, _Life Uncommon_