[Sca-cooks] Suggestions Needed

[Elaine Koogler]

Taking him to an event might be a little difficult as John lives 'way 
down south, and the site is in northern Maryland, almost to the EK border.

However, John, you might want to talk with some of the old-time Black 
Diamond folk. They used to work with the folk at the Red Lion Inn in 
Blacksburg, did a couple of Twelfth Nights there...including the one 
that ran on into 13th, 14th and 15th nights! I can check with Mistress 
Rose, if you'd like. Also, Bran Trefonnin worked with them for one of 
the feasts....though we did wind up with salads that had tomatoes in 
them, despite his best efforts!

Kiri

Phlip wrote:

>Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
>I'm sorry, John, but I have to honestly say that this just isn't going to
>work. I strongly feel that there's no way that SCAdians are going to pay the
>money necessary to produce a feast on our usual scale under these
>circumstances. As an example, using my budget for Tavern, $10 per head
>(which admittedly included Dayboard, you'd have to chargew (roughly) $24 to
>$30 per head. Even with price breaks for kids, very few people would be
>willing to pay that much money for an untried mundane cook. I rather doubt
>that you'd get much in donations of either food or effort for the site owner
>to make a profit, and keep the expenses down.
>
>If I thought that this might turn a light on in SCAdians' heads about how
>much effort goes into one of our SCA feasts, I'd be all for it, but you're
>going to wind up with a more or less mundane meal, over-priced accoeding to
>our ethic, and rather than being excited by how much we as volunteers do for
>the feasters, the populace will simply pass the word that that feast is a
>rip off (even though it probably wouldn't be, in mundane terms) and it would
>never happen again.
>
>Having just helped with EK Coronation, I saw the effort that Brighid put out
>to cut expenses- cooking stuff at home and storing it for weeks ahead, all
>the volunteers, careful shopping, lots of research, etc, and was able to
>bring it in for less than $7 per head. For the same money, you'd be lucky to
>get hamburgers and potato salad, with canned peaches for dessert.
>
>IfI may make a suggestion, you might want to take the site owner to an event
>with a known good feast, and show him what we usually get, for what sort of
>price. I think, upon reflection, he'll realize he can't match it. With any
>luck, he might consider renting you the facilities and letting US do a
>proper feast...
>
>Saint Phlip,
>CoDoLDS
>
>"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
> Blacksmith's credo.
>
> 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....
>
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