[Sca-cooks] listing of ingredients...

[Adele de Maisieres]

Daniel Myers wrote:

>Maybe I'm a little dense today, but why would you object to the  
>posting of your recipes or even just the ingredients?  Isn't part of  
>the SCA supposed to be the promotion of research, re-creation, and  
>education about the middle ages?
>  
>

I can tell you what my objections would be...
1. I have enough to do.  One of the Society's goals may be education, 
but that doesn't mean that I have to do it personally every time I cook 
something.
2. I often don't have recipes redacted all that carefully, so my 
"researched" recipes sometimes don't differ overly from the originals.
3. I sometimes make some of the decisions on the day, so I don't know 
what all of the ingredients will be ahead of time.
4. I want people to discuss their issues with me, not rely on the 
ingredients list.  We don't have a vast number of significant allergies 
here, but we do have some intolerances that require a chat with the cook 
about quantities/cooking methods/etc.  This makes it much easier for me 
to ensude that everyone gets a good meal.

Having said that, though, the norm in this Barony is for people with 
allergies or food restrictions is to mention them to the steward when 
booking, so that the cook can make decisions about warning people, 
providing alternates, etc.  I can also provide an ingredients list 
(compiled over the course of cooking the feast) for anyone who asks to 
see it, but I've seldom found it's needed.

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Adele de Maisieres

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