SC - meat days and fast days - MIXED?

[Morgan Parris]

My husband and i are both kinda picky eaters...I although not
vegiterian hardly ever eat meat.  My husband is a carnivore (only eats
meat and a french fry or two.) He is also alergic to mushrooms. 
However, he and i always do well at feasts...I eat all his veggies and
he gets my meat.  I pack extra cheese and a meat pie for him just in
case, but hardly ever hit the meat pie except for lunch.


> LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> 
> >   The SCA tradition is to recreate the 'best' of the Middle Ages'.
> > That being a given people who 'insist' on being treated as
peasants should not
> > expect anything less for their anti-organization play.  Frankly
put, if you
> > insist on eating as a peasant at feasts then the bottom line is
for you to
> > provide your own peasant fair.  The 'best' does not translate into
serving
> > foods suitable for the poor at feasts.  In a more practical vein,
the recipes
> > we have to choose from cere created for tee upper middle class at
the very
> > least and for the nobility for all practical purposes.
> 
> I agree with this statement.  When I eat feast, I am there to eat a
FEAST.  I am
> not there to eat peasant fair.  I want the best there is to offer. 
The idea of
> "keeping up with the joneses" is not a new one.  I'll use Queen
Elizabeth as an
> example.  She set her own ways, and everyone followed.  WHY? because
"I want to be
> like the queen".  How many nobles in the middle ages would eat like
peasants given
> the choice?  (ok, there were nobility who were not exactly wealthy, I
> understand..)  If there are people who insist on being peasants,
fine.  I could
> use a few more scullery maids.  I have some latrines that can be
cleaned out.
> 
> > What this translates into is that if a person insists on being
treated as a
> > peasant then they should line up at the back door and wait for the
leftovers
> > and scraps to be thrown out to them.
> >
> 
> Come on now Ras, I have hunting dogs to feed.  The poor at the door
can get their
> alms from the church.
> 
> >
> > All in all, I agree that 'vegetarians' as we know them in the
current middle
> > ages did not exist during the first middle ages.  I also agree
that it is
> > absurd for 2 or 3 individuals (whether they are veggies or
allergic) should
> > reasonably assume that it would be appropriate to ask that a feast
for 100
> > plus people be specifically geared toward their special needs or
wants.
> >
> > Unfortunately, there is an insidious social custom afoot today which
> > erroneously thinks that because one person is offended by
something there is
> > some kind of obligation to cater to that selfish whim.  I, like
you, ignore
> > such insensitivity to the needs of the majority who are trying to
experience
> > as closely as possible the way they did things in the MA.
> >
> > Ras
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