[Steppes] Feast vs. Catering

[Duncan Hepburn]

A lot of people already *do* go offsite for food these days. Obviously 
the period experience is not enough of a draw to keep them on site.

Really, what do people want more? Convenience or experience? How many 
less camp now than used to? and how many more opt for hotels?

I think it used to be a lot more about the period experience, but as we 
and the society age it is shifting, for better or worse, toward the 
other end of the scale.

Duncan
(who loves a good period meal as much as the next anachronist, but also 
heartily accepted the bbq dinner at Lysts)

Susan McMahill wrote:
> We already get a lot of complaints about the mundanity of our event sites. Having decidedly un-period food served by people in modern clothing is only going to make the situation worse. I would rather go off site for my food than have it catered and have the atmosphere of the event reduced to a Medieval Times dinner. Also, if they allow only catered food, are we going to be forbidden to bring our personal snack stuff that virtually every group has at their tables all day long? That's no fun, either. Lyneya
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>> From: ladycatalina at hotmail.com> To: steppes at lists.ansteorra.org> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:52:55 +0200> Subject: [Steppes] Feast vs. Catering> > > I personally do not object to catering.> I will be the first to admit that eating SCA feasts has been educational and > has certainly broadened my cooking repertoire.> > But I have also had three bouts of food poisoning.> > If a site is otherwise wonderful and reasonably priced, it's not a good idea > to cross it off the> list just because they only allow catering.> > > Catalina> Sanguinem dumtaxat causam virtutis pendate> > _________________________________________________________________> Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/> > _______________________________________________> Steppes mailing list> Steppes at lists.ansteorra.org> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/steppes-ansteorra.org
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