[Sca-cooks] Food Safety in the SCA

[Lawrence Bayne]

 > Is there a problem with warming such foods in a steam
> table? ie: Do  
> you need to warm them up on a stove first because the steam
> table  
> only develops enough heat to keep food and not warm it up
> from a cold  
> condition? 

At least in California, ie CAID, the West, it is illegal to heat food up in a steam table, because the food spends too much time in the danger zone between 40' and 140', AND usually does not get hot enough, 160' to make certain that the food is safe for consumption. 
YIS
Lothar