[Sca-cooks] listing of ingredients...

[Adele de Maisieres]

Bronwynmgn at aol.com wrote:

>Is [posting ingredient lists online] a common practice in the North?>>
> 
>Yes.  And in my opinion it is a necessary thing to do.  There are  tremendous 
>numbers of people in the SCA with potentially deadly food  allergies.  And 
>while it might seem that these people would contact the  cooks ahead of time and 
>let you know about their allergies, in my experience it  seldom happens.  I 
>can count on one hand the number of people who have  contacted me ahead of time 
>about food allergies, and I have been cooking in the  SCA for at least 10 
>years.  I know lots of people who have food allergies  that I routinely alert to 
>the presence of whatever their allergen is in the  food; I have also had a 
>number of people ask me as the dishes are served which  ones contain their 
>allergen.
>  
>
YMMV.  It's normal practice here to let the Steward or Cook know whether 
you have any special food issues when booking.

> 
>In my experience, true "picky eaters" don't taste much of anything that  they 
>aren't already familiar with. 
>  
>

Quite.  More fool them.

I've never had a person with allergies or intolerances try to tell me 
what I should or shouldn't cook.  They're used to having to be a bit 
careful and and are generally quite undemanding-- consequently, they are 
the people I'm willing to make the biggest allowances and modifications 
for.  Ditto diabetics.  I've occasionally had a little grief from one or 
two vegetarians, and fussy eaters can be a pain.

-- 
Adele de Maisieres

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