SC - going to London

[Mary_HallSheahan@ademco.com]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. Thank you, ever so
much.
You will notice that I posted the reply from the autocrat without comment -
I wanted to give you all a crack at it first!
I must admit I do feel a bit like a rabble-rouser, though. Not that this is
a bad thing.
Now, what do we do about it? I'm not advocating anything like crashing the
contest or telling the autocrats ever-so-politely that they're off their
collective rocker. But how to change people's minds on chocolate? I realize
it's a hot-button issue, but it seems to me to be an allegory for so many of
the "periodicity" problems we have in the SCA. (Has anyone else read
Elaina's "rattan hypothesis"?) Like Gunthar says, it seems to be just one
more case of "if they'd had it, they'd have used it". Which I think
completely sidesteps one of the basic SCA tenants that I believe most people
in the SCA share about at least *something*, that is that we're here to
create an atmosphere that's more period than we did before. Why else would
we study, translate, go to classes, have events that feature classes, etc?
Chocolate's great. Just don't say it's a contest for chocolate in the period
style, if that's *not* what you mean.
Now somebody help me down off this soapbox!
Maredudd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael F. Gunter [mailto:michael.gunter at fnc.fujitsu.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 8:57 AM
> To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
> Subject: Re: SC - FW: Fields of Gold information
> 
> 
> > This Tasting is designed to bring out the Grandiose.
> 
> You can't have Grandiose without chocolate?
> 
> > Many would argue that Chocolate is not period,
> 
> Including most culinary historians.
> Chocolate is period but it certainly was not Grandiose.
> 
> > This is a display
> > contest designed around the premise "To the most decadent 
> (with a period
> > flair) go the Spoils"  Imagination definitely counts, and 
> be not shy with
> > thy presentation......
> 
> Oh! Imagination! Now I get it! Basically we can go to an 
> alternate dimension
> where milk chocolate was routinely eaten in London in the 
> 1500's. Or is this
> the case of the SCA's usual disclaimer of "if they would have 
> had it they
> would have used it"?
> 
> I'm sooooo eager to bring my period brownies and fudge!
> 
> > Pass it on
> 
> I'll pass.
> 
> > In Service, Ld Random"
> 
> Please forgive me for being far more rude than I tend to be 
> on line but there
> is just something that really gets to me about this. I think 
> it's the cavalier
> attitude that "well chocolate was discovered in period so all 
> of our chocolate
> tastes are covered" attitude. And the constant use of 
> "chocolate" and "period"
> is just screaming the wrong message.
> 
> I truly have no real problem with chocolate at events. When 
> we were Crown
> a group presented us with the most wonderful chocolate 
> soltety of a chessboard
> and chess pieces made from dark and white chocolate. I've 
> served chocolate at
> my feasts and I've even thrown the golden chocolate "coins".  
> But I've never
> pretended it to be period. This is making people think that 
> the hershey bar
> is period.
> 
> Sorry for the rant.
> 
> Yers,
> 
> Gunthar
> (Calming down with a nice cup of period coffee. Hey, I 
> declared it period so
> there!)
> 
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