[Sca-cooks] listing of ingredients...

[K C Francis]

Here in the West, it is quite common for the menu distributed at the feast 
to have a *complete* list of ingredients for each dish.  And, when asked 
(read begged), the cooks always post their recipe sources and recipies.  I 
cannot understand why one would NOT want to make it possible for everyone to 
safely enjoy what they eat at a feast.  Nor why one would not want to share 
the recipies.  People are allergic to all sorts of things and these 
ingredients can appear in unexpected dishes.  AND that is just in modern 
restaurants.  Please be kind to your feasting public and share this most 
important information.  Perhaps for large feasts, adding new ingredients as 
you taste isn't appropriate.

Just my two cents.  Even though I can eat everything with no problems, I 
have many friends with allergies and all they ask is to know which dishes 
they should avoid.  Oh, and noone ever asks for special treatment at a 
feast, though most cooks will provide some special veggie dishes if the 
feast is heavy on meats.

Katira


>From: kimberley lee <pokiekim at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
>To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
>Subject: [Sca-cooks] listing of ingredients...
>Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:11:19 -0800 (PST)
>
>I am stewarding my first feast this April.  I've been playing for 8 years 
>and am in my third Kingdom to live it.  My question is this:  My Event 
>Steward first wanted us to post my recipies.  I talked her out of 
>that...then she said that she wanted me to post ALL of my ingredients on 
>the website.  I told her that I wasn't sure that I wanted to do that 
>either.  I felt that my menu and a link to ask me any question or voice any 
>dietary or allergy concerns.  She still wants me to post the ingredient 
>list at the event.  She said that she had seen this done in the North all 
>the time.  I don't know...I'm a southern girl and have only played in 
>Ansteorra, Glenn Ahbann, and Meridies.
>
>   Is this a common practice in the North?
>   Should I list even the unpronouncable ingredients?
>
>   I think that she is mainly wanting a list of my spices.  I season to 
>taste and at the last minute may want to add a little cinnamon to a dish.
>
>   Should I list every possible spice whether or not I actually use it?
>
>   I'm confused!  Though I am a picky eater, I taste what ever is put in 
>front of me and if I think there might be a strawberry on the plate, I 
>avoid it like the plague.  These are things that I concern myself with, I 
>have never gone to the feast steward and told them..hey don't put...I don't 
>know...um...cheese in anything cause I might die.
>
>   Is this a common occurance as well?
>
>   All we want to do is put together a period feast filled with foods that 
>everyone will at least try.  I didn't realize that there would be acrobatic 
>hoop jumping....lol.
>
>   Thank you for letting me rant...and I would appreciate your ideas as to 
>how best display all of my ingredients.
>
>
>Kimberley D. Lee
>Lady Aoife inghean ui hEaluighthe
>
>"If idle hands are the devil's play things, then I'm just thankful God gave 
>us drums..."
>
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