[Sca-cooks] Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 4, Issue 111

[Adele de Maisieres]

Lady Ro wrote

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>Try having someone tell you the day of the feast that they cannot have
>salt and is there anything they can eat.  It wasn't so much of an
>allergy as it was a conflict with the medication she was on for cancer
>treatment.  There were a few other things as well which meant that there
>was absolutely nothing she could eat that day from my feast.
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>OK, I understand food vs. chemo conflicts (4 1/2 YEARS of chemo), but unless
>they changed her chemo the day before the feast, to my way of thinking that
>is just plain RUDE.
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>In Bright Hills, we send out notices for events with the warning that if you
>wait til the day of the feast to contact the cook, there will be NOTHING we
>can/will do for you.
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Hear, hear!  I'm willing to be pretty flexible about catering for 
allergies, etc., but I _need_ to be notified.  I am an ot a mind reader.


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Adele de Maisieres

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