Re: [Mid] Delayed feast

I dealt with it in another way-by planning an event with long delays between
removes anyway-I understand that this can't always be done, but it is a
thought, and the first remove was all items I was able to prepare ahead of
time and serve without them being ruined-pita bread with hummus, stuffed
grape leaves with cucumber sauce, mushrooms and olives, things like that.
And with delays between removes already planned, we would have been okay
with a delay in the start time-we would have simply eliminated some of the
delay between removes. I will say again that I know not every feast can be
planned in that way. We also could have set out the "appetizer remove" had
there been a major delay in the beginning of feast. As it worked out, court
was held between first and second remove and the entertainment was all
during the period between the second and dessert removes and while people
were eating dessert. It worked out extremely well for us. And I was happy
with how it all turned out-I had a lot to live up to as a first time
feastocrat in our shire-and the comments I received afterward led me to
believe that I succeded :)
Any comments, questions etc. please send to siobhan@itctel.com
Siobhan nicInis

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>From: Sally Burnell <sburnell@acorn.net>
>To: sca-middle@midrealm.org
>Subject: Re: [Mid] Delayed feast
>Date: Tue, Nov 9, 1999, 7:31 AM
>

>>
>> Delayed Feast? at a big event? gee....who'd a thunk it? I'm one of those
>> people who has a clock in their heads...always on time, hates being late,
>> dislikes waitng for others. With that kind of atitude you'd think I
>> couldn't survive in the SCA.
>
> The thing is, why do we always come to expect these "delays" and why do
> we tolerate it? I don't really know why more realistic schedules cannot
> be set up and stuck to. If feast is set for 6 p.m., it should *start* at
> 6 p.m., not "whenever". I regard this as a blatant discourtesy to the
> cooks who labour to serve feast at the time it is scheduled for. I am no
> cook, but I know from hanging around my cooking friends that timing is
> everything, and some dishes can be ruined by an unforseen delay. Talk to
> Master Patrick McPhelan - when he says, "Feast starts at 6 p.m. sharp!",
> it does, no ands, ifs or buts about it.
>
>> The fact that delays are now the norm at large events makes it even more
>> wonderful that anyone volunteers to spend all day in a hot kitchen, missing
>> courts and shopping and schmoozing, to cook their very best dishes only to
>> be told "feast will be delayed". I doff my chapeau to those good gentles
>> who often are forced to listen to "the feast was overcooked...I couldn't
>> eat a morsel"
>
> And the reason feasts are sometimes overcooked is those delays brought
> about by poor scheduling or other problems. And we all know that a group
> with a good feast reputation is going to be one that people return to
> time and again. If a group has a reputation for delayed feasts and
> overcooked food, I am not likely to buy feast if I attend that group's
> event. Why pay $10 or more for inedible food when I can go to a good
> restaurant and get a better meal for cheaper?
>
> Think about it next time you make up an event schedule for your group's
> event. Set up a realistic time table and STICK TO IT, even if it means
> saying, "I'm sorry, Your Majesties, we cannot do that right now. Feast is
> scheduled for now and we are going to serve it ON TIME!"
>
> YIS,
> Lady Saradwen Ariandalen
> Marche of Gwyntarian
> (Akron/Kent, OH)
> From: Sally Burnell <sburnell@acorn.net>
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