[Sca-cooks] serving unusual foods

[Patricia Dunham]

>Olwen the Odd wrote:
>
>>So Antonia where are you located?  Here in Atlantia it is up to the 
>>head cook to announce the menu or not ahead of time.  Even if our 
>>guild chooses not to announce ahead of time we always have the menu 
>>posted at troll and at the kitchen with the menu, including 
>>ingredients on the tables.
>>
>
>Eastern Isles of Lochac.  We usually go with 100% pre-bookings, and 
>feasters see the menu (and possibly an ingredients sheet) when they 
>turn up.
>

I was wondering about that...  There must be a segment of your 
populace that just doesn't do feasts???

Here in AnTir, publishing the menu in advance is pretty standard. 
We're generally really high-radar about food allergies and 
sensitivities, as well as vegan/vegetarian, here in Ecotopia.

Somehow I'm not surprised though, Antipodeans are tough, <G>, I 
guess.  My best friend for the last 30 yrs is a Kiwi who always said 
there was absolutely no cultural allowance made for delicacy of 
constitution AT ALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE -- any sign of weakness 
was taken for malingering!  Of course, she grew up in New Zealand 50 
years ago...

chimene