[Sca-cooks] Affording a period feast

[Nazirah Garrison]

I've never had an issue keeping within budget on period feasts.  Granted,
I've never tried to cook a non-period feast at an SCA event, so I can't
compare.  I do _try_ to keep in mind that some of the populace aren't
enamoured of anything too weird (a bigger problem here than in other
places), but that's a different beast!

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Laura Minnick <lcm at jeffnet.org> wrote:

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> On 9/20/2016 10:05 AM, David Friedman wrote:
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>> On 9/18/16 11:37 PM, Volker Bach wrote:
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>> Most of our events could neither afford nor manage a period feast
>>>
>> Why "afford?" I don't see any reason why a period feast would have to be
>> more expensive than a not-period feast. Some period recipes use expensive
>> ingredients, some don't.
>>
>>
> That's just what I thought. Unless you're serving generic brand canned
> chili and kool-aid, there's no reason why a period feast would cost more
> than the non-period food. I know I certainly don't spend more for period
> food in camp than I would if it was all modern stuff. Prep might be
> different, but not cost.
>
> And 'manage'? Why would that be any different?
>
> I really can't think of a decent reason why you shouldn't offer a period
> feast.  Unless they're expecting canned chili, it's not like the food is
> _that_ foreign. People would pay far more to get weirder food, and less of
> it, in a nice restaurant setting.
>
> Maybe I'm just one of those Evil Laurels who offend people by suggesting
> that they even try?
>
> Liutgard, who is cranky today.
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