[Sca-cooks] Feast

[Johnna Holloway]

Maybe I am somewhat cynical about this because
I am the mother of an American  teenager.  I do a lot of PTO helping out
with foods for  school activities. I helping cater a luncheon
for the freshman football team next week. I know their likes and dislikes.
I know how many are vegetarians these days, how many have food
allergies, how many object to certain foods being served.
I also am a former County Library director with several decades
of experience in programing. I find dinner for 140 coming out
of a library kitchen to be rather anything but simple. Budgeting
hasn't been discussed for this event. Does all the food have to be prepared
onsite due to health and safety regs in that county?
I really want to hear a full report on how this goes. I am curious
to see how the food goes over and what the attendance is.
(I did not by the way suggest roast beef.)
Perhaps teenagers in New Zealand are different.

Johnnae


Adele de Maisieres wrote:

>
> I think this begins to beg the question "what's the point"?  If it's 
> all very safe and familiar, it's no different from what they're used 
> to eating at hom-- just a roast beef dinner without the spuds.
> Some of them will.  In fact, probably a lot of them will.  The very 
> fussy eaters will be hard to feed regardless of whether the food is 
> plain or fancy.  And frankly, teens should be grown-up enough to try 
> things and basically enjoy what's set before them without any amateur 
> dramatics.
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