Investiture Feast - Learning Lessons

[cathyblancett]

I am looking for negative and positive feedback from the feast from Investiture.
My theory is that I will not learn unless I hear what went bad and good. So constructive criticism is gladly accepted. If you want to send it privately to me that is ok as well.

Comments

[theiadora]

Food was fantastic.

The only suggestion for cost control, is portion control, it looked like there were a bunch of left overs? So maybe figure out how much was left over versus made, and calculate what % reduction you could do for next time on that menu item.

That said, The household freinds that were at the table with Sveinn & I had brought their kids. Your feast was the first SCA feast the family had ever been too. They all found stuff they liked. And despite warnings of there is more food coming, filled up on the first couple of courses. The parents did taste everything, but were suprised at how full they'd gotten. They had a BLAST, and kept commenting on how good the food was.

[roswtr]

The salmon at our table was overcooked; I was told it was finished way early and then held in a warming tray for a while, so it probably continued to cook there. The buttered wortes were fabulous.

I really liked that you served small courses without long breaks in between.

What was your goal for this feast? Were you trying recipes you'd never cooked before, or trying to keep all the food temporally and geographically consistent? Did you have a theme? What did you think was your biggest challenge?

[ysabella_dolfin]

It was awesome. I loved the food. I know some period feasts would have had umpteen courses and stuff, but I think you hit all the basics in a way that was palatable to modern tastes and you had good solid food that had some really great touches (the saffron tart and the garlic stuffed chicken in pastry without being too over the top. I really liked it, both from a Historical food perspective and as a Culinary Arts student.

[dame_cordelia]

Generally the food was flavorful and nicely presented. There was enough of it and there was a good variety.

The beef stew that was served at my table was a little dry. And the salmon was as well.

The chicken was particularly good.