SC - Re: documentation

[Maddie Teller-Kook]

John and Barbara Enloe wrote:
Very well said Lord Jonathan, I applaud you!

Meadhbh




> Milady,
> 
>      Don't let them shake you.  You do your best, and most people will
> applaud your efforts (even if they are not 100%, absolutely, positively,
> here I have the original manuscripts, period), and they will eat the fruits
> of your efforts too.
> Yes, we do strive for authenticity, however, most of us do not get rabid
> about it, and we will protect you from those who do.  It takes time to
> learn everything about how we play this game, and no one ever learns it
> all; that's the best part, you know, that there is always something new to
> learn.  Just relax, have fun, and learn as you go, but don't sweat it, no
> matter what some people say or imply.
> 
>                    Lord Jonathus Fitche d'Abercrombie
>                    Newcomer Advocate
> 
> At 09:28 AM 12/11/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >>> -more precisely "here is someone else who wants a medieval excuse for
> >>> what he has already decided to cook." At it happens, I was wrong--it
> >> >was clear that the poster actually wanted a medieval recipe fitting
> >> >his vague memory of one he thought he had heard of. But
> >> >"documentation," in SCA culture, quite routinely means  "evidence
> >> >that X, which I have already decided to do, is period,"  which
> >> >rapidly degrades into "might possibly be period."
> >>
> >>Another possibility is this:  If someone has a logical extrapolation of
> >>things they know to be period, but wishes to find concrete evidence for
> >>this assumption before claiming it's period.
> >>
> >>For example, lets assume I have some recipies for beef pies from country
> >>X in time period Z, and I know that those people also kept pigs, but I
> >>can find no recipies for pork pies... Wouldn't asking if anyone had
> >>documentation for such a thing be appropriate?
> >>
> >>Marjorie
> >
> >OK, I'm new at this, so bear with me.
> >
> >I think I fall into this category.  I have a recipe for "marlborough pie"
> >that I was told dated to the American colonial era.  It is an apple
> >custard pie (take your basic pumkin pie recipe, substituting applesauce
> >for the pumpkin puree.  I use homemade applesauce cooked very dry, canned
> >applesauce might require adjustment to the other  liquid measures).
> >Custard bases were pretty common (it seems, from what little reading I've
> >done so far) and apples were certainly available.   I can imagine that a
> >recipe like this is maybe the basis for pumpkin pie, once pumpkins were
> >available.
> >
> >So that's the extrapolation part and I'd like to see if I can actually
> >find something like this was in existance and document this recipe as my
> >very first "period" recipe.  It would be fast and satisfying if someone
> >here replied with "But of course dear, we all know that recipe!", but it
> >would be nice enough if someone could just point me in the right
> >direction.  How do you go about documenting these things?
> >
> >Anne of Buckston
> >(the new girl, wandering through the kitchens, trying to watch
> >everything, dodging all the busy cooks.)
> >
> >
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