SC - RE: Louisana's Loose Liquour Laws and "Period-ness" (long)

Fri Oct 23 12:47:21 PDT 1998

In response to Bear:
Louisiana was the last state to raise he drinking age from 18 to 21;
Whether Louisiana or Wyoming actually holds this title is a matter of 
semantics.  Much like Wyoming, the Federal government threatened to cut off 
federal highway funds.  Louisiana responded that the made more money off of 
18 to 20 year old tourists than from the highway funds.  The federal govt. 
threatened to sue.  Louisiana enacted the law (I'm unsure, but I would 
believe it was _before_ Wyoming), but wrote the law so that it didn't start 
to take effect for one year AND the drinking age was raised only one-year 
per year (supposedly to "grandfather" people who were already legally 
drinking).  The result:  Louisiana was the last state to implement  _21_ as 
the legal drinking age.

>>Didn't the legislature drop it back to 18?  I vaguely remember a 60 
Minutes piece on that.
IIRC the 60 minutes piece was done during the "grandfathering" phase. 
 Currently the drinking age is 21, but it is tacitly not enforced in 
tourist areas (primarily the Vieux Carre' in New Orleans).  Every once in a 
while something happens (e.g. a notorious DWI accident)  and they will 
rigorously enforce the law....for a few weeks.
>>Many years ago, I took advantage of that age difference...
MANY people did.
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Back on topic:
Months ago, I began compiling, for my own use, the various uses of the word 
'period' on the list.  With the (surprising) success of my first endeavor 
on the SCA-cooks list (the "Cheese Chart" posted in August), I was 
encouraged to strive further. I edited my material and produced the 
following.  I therefore put forth for your comment, insult, amusement and 
ridicule the following "Period-ness Chart":
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Artifact:  an antique;  something that actually existed during the time 
period in question.  Jugs of wine found onboard a tenth century shipwreck 
would be an artifact.
Rigorously Period:  an exaggeration, used to emphasis the attention to 
detail in a period item.  "Uther's feast was so rigorously period, I expect 
that he insisted that his assistant cooks only speak Old English when in 
the kitchen."
Period:  an item that is made following a process used during the time 
period in question;  deviations from the original process are only allowed 
for health or safety reasons.  This category implies the process has been 
successfully reconstructed;  Recipes and inventories (listing ingredients 
on hand at one moment of time) are often cited as being useful in 
reconstructing the process.  A mead brewed according to the process used 
during the time period in question, but substituting a modern stainless 
steel kettle for the lead cauldron originally used, is period.
Conjectural:  an item that was made following known portions of a process 
used during the period in question;  it is implied that portions of the 
process and qualities of the original product are unknown.  A sauce made 
from a recipe in which the ingredients are listed, but quantities are not, 
would likely be conjectural.  Also, note, if two recipes were combined, it 
is likely the result would be conjectural.
Simulation:  an item that was made to appear during normal use, to human 
senses, as a period item, but was made using a process that was not used 
during the time period in question. This implies that the qualities of the 
period item are known.  Items that fall under the "ten-foot rule" are most 
often simulations.  An example would be an ale that looks, tastes, etc. 
like a period ale, but was made using closed fermentation and dried malt 
extract.
Peri-oid: a term, often used in a derogatory manner, to describe an object 
created by a process that COULD have existed in the period in question but 
likely did not, or vaguely resembles a period object.  Blue Jeans, T-tunics 
made from synthetic materials and commercial hotdogs are Peri-oid.
Societal:  items that have little or no connection to the time in question, 
but hold an important role in the SCA.  The terms "feast-o-crat" and "stick 
jock", the tradition of cloven fruit at weddings and the form of 
illuminated awards are societal.
Mundane:  items associated with modern processes.  Bud Light and Over 
Stuffed Baked Potatoes.
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The term "...the time in question..." is used since the degree of 
period-ness (is that actually a word?) depends on the situation.  A dish 
that is period for 15th Century Venice may not be period for 6th century 
Iceland.

I hope that these definitions, at least, spark useful discussion.  If I 
have erred, and you do not find them useful (even as a negative example) I 
apologize for the waste of bandwidth.

I eagerly await you replies.
Matheus De Troyes
m.k.a. Brian Songy
USL/NIRC
Bxs3829 at usl.edu

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