and the Creator said: "I will give you a purpose in life: feed the stomach!"

[thanate]

Today is brought to you by How to calculate your wedding's carbon footprint, and related topics. I'm not so sure on their formula; if I have four people on the same flight, why does that count 4 times? And I don't use any more electricity in hotel rooms than I would at home, so it's just changing whose power grid the electricity is used on...

Oh well. I'm running through the list of caterers (a thing I meant to do ages ago) and crossing most of them off as way too upscale. There are a couple I want to talk to, though, before making a final decision whether to manage the food myself, sacrifice some elegance on drinks, and make someone else deal with the end-of-party take-down. I have learned that, should I hire the caterers who did the Inaugural Luncheon (and presumably pay them some astronomical sum of money) I could have elegant dinner dishes consisting of pretty green soup served in bowls that are nested in the middle of a plate of growing grass complete with real dirt for each place setting. I feel that food is not actually this important to me, and besides, we're not having place settings.

Only nine more websites to look at. Sigh.

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[batchix.livejournal.com]

I'm confused as to why a person would want a certificate of their carbon footprint framed? O_o

[thanate.livejournal.com]

I guess if they were really proud of it? That is pretty odd...

(oh, and I keep forgetting to send you a note to say the eyes showed up, and they look great in my floating Genji head, of all things.)

[batchix.livejournal.com]

Great! I'm glad they were of use! :D

[doll-paparazzi.livejournal.com]

See... being I'm an SCA geek (and you are sort of, right) I have a few cook friends that are really good at this. Do you have any friends that are out of work that would like to maybe cater it for you? SCA cooks can do it up good for reasonable prices usually. I helped cater AND photograph (NEVER WILL I DO THAT AGAIN) a wedding of a friend. It was pretty good. Just a thought.

I can't imagine how expensive that is.

One of the better-best weddings I ever went to was done at a Chinese restaurant. But then again, Bride and Groom were Asian. And well, I can probably eat Chinese or any variation of it daily. I heard it was reasonable too.

Good luck with your planning. I DO NOT envy you with your plans.

[thanate.livejournal.com]

heh, yeah. All I really want are cheese and sausage trays, but I've got a guest who is deathly allergic to fish and pork (as in, visits to the emergency room if she touches someone who has eaten them in the last 48 hours) so meats have to be kosher, and I'd really like tea and possibly coffee urns, which start to make things a little more difficult for the normal person planning. And the SCA cook I was vaguely considering asking about how she'd feel about such a thing just moved out of the area, so no-go. I could probably network to find someone (I've got friends who have friends) but I'm insufficiently networking-motivated. It is sad.

[greta-k.livejournal.com]

Oh, trust me - DON'T try to cater your own wedding. Big mistake. You'll be busy enough that day. (Many years ago, I had a side job doing weddings - planning, invitations, dresses, etc. Trust me on this - Please).

If you cannot find a caterer who can meet your needs, I would suggest that you get in touch with one of the SCA cooks who live in the area. I'm certain that you would be able to find someone who would charge a reasonable rate and deliver a good reception which you can look back on fondly.

[thanate.livejournal.com]

I'm not making the food; it's more a question of whether I get someone to cater everything, or order pre-made trays of snacky party type foods, which is all I want anyway.

Is there anyone you'd recommend, SCA-wise? I was thinking about asking Vitha, but then she moved... We're up against about three different events, but they're mostly small and/or distant.

[greta-k.livejournal.com]

If you want, I can get you in touch with some of the cooks in House Ravenstreet. Vitha is one of Tirloch's apprentices, but he has two others, plus there are a few other cooking types in the household. Just let me know and I can inquire on your behalf, especially since it sounds as if you are looking for something fairly simply - yes?

Question (as this will probably come up) - will only food be monetarily covered, or are you & Mel thinking of covering food + time + a little extra? The cost would probably still be much, much less than most professional caterers.

[greta-k.livejournal.com]

Oh - and time frame, so I can possibly check on availability for you?

[thanate.livejournal.com]

I'm not about to ask someone to donate time to my wedding, so yes, paying someone for time & travel and all that would be expected. Mostly my problem with caterers is that I can't just say: "I want cheese & sausage trays, maybe some fruits and veggies, drinks, and a cake if you do them," because they want me to be more upscale. And we have some weird dietary issues (mainly a crazy-severe allergy to fish & pork, but a couple other things to avoid) that make standard party trays a bit of a hassle.

Timeframe would be Sunday, April 26th, "serving" from shortly after noon until 3:30-ish. Heavy grazing type foods, no place settings or anything; the site has a galley-style counter & sink near their giant buffet table, but no real kitchen. Thanks for offering-- I know that I've probably met other people who do good food, but I don't even really know who all they are.

[greta-k.livejournal.com]

I'll drop a line to the Ravenstreet peeps (and I can talk to some of them at KASF) and see if anyone might be available for that day.