SC - Real feasts?

[Stefan li Rous]

Ras declared:
> rhiannon at madcelt.com writes:
> << Has anyone out there done a real medieval feast? (As opposed to an SCA
>  feast)  >>
> 
> I don't understand your question here. I have always done 'real' medieval
> feasts Several others on the list also do them with some regularity such as
> Master Adamantius. I believe Caraidoc has done such feasts also as well as
> THL Gille and many not currently on this list.

And I'm sure the food you cook is close to period. Perhaps she is thinking
of aspects of the feast other than the food. Hall decorations? The fact that
often your status determined what you ate, with the household head getting the
most variety, the guest the next greatest variety and on down the line. The
use of entertainment during the feast. The fact that forks were not used in
most cultures as eating utensils.

I don't think the inquiry was meant as a put-down, but rather someone
striving for more authenicity. 
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