[Sca-cooks] Re: What would you do?

[nickiandme at att.net]

Boy howdy.  I couldn't do it. I wouldn't do it.  Not ever again.  We had our feast budget cut in half this past year after we had done most of our precooks and spent most of the money.  Both head-cooks were forced into footing about $50 each as our 'donation'.  

I'm never doing a feast for less than $6 a head to spend again.  If your autocrat will only allow you to spend $3 a head - kindly explain that you can't even buy a meal at McDonalds for that price.  And most of the value meals at McDonalds are almost $5 each.  And if he/she continues to insist on $3 then serve soup, bread, and maybe a chicken and a cheap veggie - like peas or carrots, and shortbread for dessert.  

Don't even bother trying to do make it into a three-course meal. It's guaranteed to make you upset. You're a volunteer, not a freaking mircle-worker. Especially when you are not allowed to shop for sales/bargins.

Kateryn