is medieval food yucky? Was: Re: SC - Help thinking up a class......

[marilyn traber]

way back there my suggestion was for coolerless/cookingless foods...
whereas your suggestions are good, most of them require some form of cooler
unless you are going to be dayboarding within the 6 hour limit.

Why not the banana chips? plantains are also native to the subtropical areas
of the old world too.

Didn't we discuss the fresh peas/dried peas period thing a while ago? I
can't remember if fresh peas were deemed in period cooked like we do them.

I am not arguing the tastiness of period cooking, but my house has a habit
of bringing in people who have never been to an event and medieval is 'Men
in Tights', many of whom, as I said thing a dayboard[read picnic] is hot
dogs and hamburgers, potato salad and a bucket of the Colonel's best. Many
mundanes who are willing to come, if they don't HAVE to dress 'funny' and
eat weird food will not come if they won't be able to eat the familiar
foods.

As to getting them to eat medieval food, generally once we have gotten them
interested in coming for the fighting shopping and wandering around, then we
hook them into doing an off board camping event and sneaking the funny foods
in on them there and when they come over to garbing sessions. Sneaky, ain't
we?
margali


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