[Sca-cooks] Choosing a Cook, was Cooking and Serving Equipment
Terry Decker
t.d.decker at worldnet.att.net
Sat Feb 23 13:53:16 PST 2008
The groups which I am most familiar with have no particular rule about
requiring a feast cook to be a member of the local cook's guild, but that
doesn't mean that things unintentionally work out that way. Personally, I
think that bidding for a feast should be open to every member of a group and
in some instances to people outside the group.
What size of feast a person should cook depends largely on their skill
level. If they know how to cook for a small group and can scale up recipes,
I see no particular problem with them tackling a major feast on their first
try. If they've only done family style cooking, I would prefer a little
seasoning before throwing them off the deep end.
Bear
> But Aldyth's posting does bring up an interesting question: One thing
> I've often heard is, "I'm not part of the local cooks guild, so I didn't
> think I was allowed to cook a feast." Do any groups out there actually
> have such requirements? Should there be such a requirement?
>
> Our group has no such requirement, but I have heard it said more than
> once that we do. That distresses me, because I don't like to think that
> people who would otherwise be willing to volunteer are hanging back
> because of some perceived prerequisite. On a gut level, I'd really
> rather not see someone cook a large and high-profile feast (such as
> Crown Tournament or Twelfth Night) as their first feast, but for a
> smaller feast, I'd be less concerned.
>
> How do other people feel about this?
>
> Arwen Southernwood
> Caerthe, Outlands
> (Denver, CO)
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