SC - potential problem foods

[Jeanne Stapleton]

> Peters, Rise J. wrote:
> 
> > I wonder sometime if some of the mis-flavorings we note in feasts
> > (cooked by others, of course) aren't due in part to the fact that
> > dishes frequently don't get to cook as long as they should.
> 
> You're right, of course.  And as someone else pointed out, it's
> possible that the dishes were supposed to have such a dominant
> flavor.  I know I can't eat "hot and sour" soup, but that's the way
> it's supposed to be. I have to remember that my personal preference
> for seasonings doesn't mean the cook's idea is "wrong."
> 
> Rosalinde
> --
You've hit upon a critical point, Rosalinde, that I frequently 
mention to others:  tastes are personal, shaped a lot by culture, 
both by society and by the households you grow up in and marry into.

I had someone go absolutely nuts when taste-testing tabbouleh for 
a feast, insisting that the mint didn't "go".  Now, I happen to love 
Tabbouleh, and so do most of my friends; but we couldnt' get through 
to her that the mint was *supposed* to be there, and that there were 
other options to choose from at the feast if she or anyone else did 
not want to eat the tabbouleh.  Whew!  Did she get upset when I 
refused to make it without the mint!

Anyway, I happen to love spicy foods.  I also happen to be a bonafide 
sodium chloridaholic, which means I don't "get" people complaining 
about salty chicken broth and too-salty onion dip (love the stuff).  
I adjust for others' tastes as best I can, go very light on the salt, 
but I refuse to cook bland food when I have other choices.  

I'm also moderately adventurous.  I've had enough bad experiences 
with organ meats that I know that I never again want to eat a lot of 
something that's had waste products filtered through it.  :-)  I will 
swill a fair amoutn of pate, however.  But trying out new flavors at 
SCA feasts never bothers me.  Some I like better than others.  What 
does dishearten me is getting fare that's no different than what 
Denny's is offering down the block.

Berengaria

jstaplet at adm.law.du.edu
University of Denver
College of Law
Ext. 6288
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