SC - gyngerbrede help

[David Dendy]

In a message dated 8/17/1999 7:12:21 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
jstaplet at du.edu writes:

<< Count me in as one who's bothered and embarrassed, Noemi.  :-)   >>

Then my simple tresponse is, do something about it.  :->  

Everyone here knows that chocolate as we know it isn't period so talking 
about it in this forum doesn't do any good.  If it takes entering hot 
chocolate using the Aztec recipie with a ton of documentation, then do it.  
If it takes writing articles or teaching classes, do it.

I've chosen to not let it bother me because I don't know enough about period 
cooking to really teach about it and since I tend to do more periodish food I 
have no right to say anything.  I've also realized, after hearing a million 
ways to justify it, and seeing it declared "period" by royal decree in a lot 
of newsletters, that people really want to have it be period and this desire 
reaches an almost religious fervor.  That makes it a battle I don't want to 
be involved in.  I can tolerate chocolate far better than bad costume, saying 
period food tastes bad, polyester or disrespect, so I've picked my points of 
irritation and battles accordingly.

Noemi

PS.  If you are wondering what event just read the event articles in the OH 
carefully.  Duncan had found it by the time I got home from work.
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