[Sca-cooks] listing of ingredients...

[Karin Burgess]

I must concur with all the other who have encourages at least listing the ingredients.  I know many  people who for various reasons simply cannot eat certain foods, even in small amounts.  They will not attend a feast if they cannot read the ingredients. And yes they can e-mail or call the main feast person, but do you want 20+ calls and/or e-mails the day of the event?  Trust me, there are more things to worry about then answering the same questions over and over again.
   
  As to adding things last minute, may I suggest testing your recipes out way beforehand so you know if you really need that last dash of something? Then you can add that to the posted list.  I know that there are many factors that might change the taste the day of the feast, but it is better then risking an allergic reaction to get that perfect taste and no one knowing that it  was added
   
   
  -Muiriath 
   
  

kimberley lee <pokiekim at yahoo.com> wrote:
  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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