PE - Re: period encampment at three kings

[david friedman]

At 4:17 PM -0600 11/1/00, Cherie Nolan wrote:
>Hey I wanted soup, But the group that asked me to help them with 
>this. They had the chili already set. :)
>I am from New Orleans and hate beans. Crazy. I think it was because 
>I ate so much of it and now can't stand the though of it. Yucky :) 
>Period birds and soup would be my
>choice. With orange waters and teas.

You might think about providing some period nibbles and 
sekanjabin--gradually introducing people to the idea that period food 
is good. I'm not sure what you mean by "teas."

>You see encampments is a new thing for our kingdom. There has been 
>an out growth for wanting them, (joy) The thing that people here is 
>afraid of is that it can be a really
>strict thing and no one can have fun in one.  So this is a big jump 
>in our kingdom. If they want chili let them have chili.

Sure.

But, over time, get them to want fylettes in galantine, or capon 
ystewed, or Andalusian lentils, or ...   . What struck me as bizarre 
was people wanting to participate in a period encampment and not 
seeing anything odd about eating strikingly modern food in it.

>  If I could have help
>and advise on how to get people more involved, it would be more 
>bless then you would even think.

One thing you might think about (and perhaps have) is showing people 
cheap and easy ways of doing period things. In my experience, a lot 
of people identify "authentic" with "fancy, elaborate, expensive," 
and are discouraged as a result.

For instance, a geteld is just as period as a pavillion and a lot 
less work to make. My period rope bed design takes about half an hour 
to make and another hour to lace (the first time). Andalusian lentils 
is a favorite of ours for Pennsic because it is relatively little 
work to make. Other people can offer other examples.

My lady wife likes to say that our garb specialty is "period scruffy."
-- 
David/Cariadoc
http://www.daviddfriedman.com/
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