HERB - citing, ahem, newage materials in handouts...

[Elizabeth Zagula]

Jadwiga,

When I teach I usually do a hands on class, because I feel it is more
interesting to the students and we all get to play and actually make
something to take home.  I just did a class on mustards where I gave three
period recipes for making mustards with a redaction.  I certainly used
modern recipes for making mustards as guidelines for quantities to blend
since the period recipes usually say something along the line of add wine
vinegar until the mustard powder is moistened.  I give both the period
sources and the modern sources that helped with the redaction.

Jasmine approach on her bibliography sounds like the best of both worlds
and would only add to your credibility as a thorough researcher.

Elizabeth

There is a fine line between anal and efficient, I straddle it!

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> 
> Hm.. This is a different subject, really.  I have literally never taught
a
> hands-on class in the SCA. My impression from taking them is that the
> amount of authenticity varies from subject to subject. In this case, if
> people want to branch out into making their own, they are going to have
to
> have some notion about what is likely to work well together, or they will
> waste a ot of time and materials. (It's like cordial making, really-- we
> have very few period sweetened cordial recipes, but everyone wants to go
> out and do it.)
> 
> When I teach classses I tend to list period, secondary, and method
sources
> in my bibliographies.
> 

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