[Ansteorra] Guardian of the Tor Feast

[Miss Pict]

You are very observant. The opening page for Dragonsfire Tor does state

“Have you ever wondered just what the nobility of Europe ate at a feast?
COME AND TASTE IT”

This is a lead in for Our Canton to kind of get you in the mood for the SCA.
It was not meant to have anything to do with our feast at the event this
year. If you go to the event page for Guardian of the Tor XI it never says
period feast.

Perhaps we need a disclaimer stating that the feast is not period. What do
you think?

LOL
Janie of Dragonsfire Tor



>From: "Michael Gunter" <countgunthar at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
>To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
>Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Guardian of the Tor Feast
>Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2002 10:21:27 -0500
>
>>You do not want to miss this. The
>>meal will be scrumptious. Plus...no cooking for you
>>Saturday night.
>>
>>If you have any questions please check out our Website
>>/http://dragonsfire-tor.ansteorra.org/
>
>Please forgive me for being a bit nit-picky here but I
>do have one quibble with the website and the feast. The
>website states that the feast will be what Nobles in that
>time ate but, upon reviewing the menu, there were very
>few things on there that would be familiar with someone
>in period. The smoked meat (maybe, although brisket was
>not generally smoked in such a fashion), the breads and
>lemonade could be somewhat familiar but Ranch Beans, potatoes,
>coffee and tea would be totally unfamiliar. Shoot, the
>nobility tried to avoid drinking water as much as possible.
>
>Now, please don't get me wrong, I think the feast looks very
>tasty and wonderful. But please don't state that it is remotely
>period or a taste of what they ate. There are a ton of sources
>in books and the internet with translations of real period
>recipes and period food is very good when prepared correctly.
>But stating that something is period and then serving smoked
>brisket, Ranch beans, potatoes, coffee, tea and such is similar
>to saying you are serving an Italian feast and then having
>burritos, tamales, fried chicken and mom's apple pie. Some of
>it could be familiar to an Italian but it is a totally different
>cuisine.
>
>If any of the cooks of the Tor would like some easy period recipes
>I will be happy to provide some or direct you to the wealth of
>information on available on the internet.
>
>I'm honestly not knocking the food or the cooks (or even the website
>for that matter)it's just that there are so many misconceptions
>of period food out there that we need to show folks what things were
>really like. This is a learning organization after all and I would
>be happy to help. Or you could contact some of the wonderful cooks
>who enjoy period cuisine in the Kingdom. Mistress Clarissa, Mistress
>Meadbh, HL Stefan li Rous, HL Gwennyth, Baroness Alys, and tons
>of others are excellent sources of information and instruction.
>
>>Janie of Dragonsfire Tor
>
>Yours truly,
>
>Gunthar
>(I'm not a period nazi! I'm NOT, I'm NOT, I'm NOT!!!!!)
>
>
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