Feast stewart at the crossroads was Re: [SCA-cooks] Pulled sugar

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

 I'm still working on my reputation here and I won't
> do some scaled-back snack when the event truly calls for a Meal Fit For A
King,
> literally.  I'm trying to figure out what to do;  I want to be a team
player but
> I won't let them force me to do a mediocre meal.  Or:  is my next
challenge to
> do a boffo, razzle-dazzle extravaganza on the halved budget?  Am I up to
this
> challenge?

Well, my suggestion is that along with a reputation for Doing Good Things
With Food, you develop a reputation for not being suckered by broken
promises and last minute changes.

> I've told my mother [translating terms like "autocrat" as "event
producer"] and
> she agrees with me.  That helps a little.
>
> Selene

What are mothers for, after all ;-)

Really, Selene, don't let them take advantage of you, on any but your own
terms.

(Momma) Phlip

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Fox-Davis" <selene at earthlink.net>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: Feast stewart at the crossroads was Re: [SCA-cooks] Pulled
sugar


> Generys ferch Ednuyed wrote:
>
> > As far as the budget - How do they do budgets out there? Here, it
basically
> > works so that feast is supposed to break even in and of itself - your
budget
> > is equal to the feast cap times the feast price... so anyway, if this
feast
> > is cheaper than the others, than people won't be surprised if it's a
little
> > smaller?
>
> The autocrat announced this whole fait-accompli complete with a budget of
$1,500
> for food, and I know they are planning a 'box lunch' type arrangement for
$5, so
> my guess is that would take about a third of the budget.  Either they get
dinner
> for 100 [we could have sold 300 tickets easily last year, if we had the
room for
> them] or I get a slashed budget.  I typically budget $10 per paying diner
for a
> major feast such as this. >
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