SC - Under 40 crowd?

[Mordonna22 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/29/99 1:57:50 AM US Mountain Standard Time, 
RACHEL.HOLLIDAY at roche.com writes:

<<  Does
 the SCA advertise itself as authentic, if not then I probably won't have too
 much of a problem with it.  >>

Last I heard, the SCA does not advertise itself as anything.  
Just kidding.  No, we each strive for becoming as authentic as we care to be, 
in the areas we care to study.  I do make period looking garb, but I use 
commercially available materials and a sewing machine.  My friend buys her 
own wool, cards it, spins it, weaves the fabric, dyes it, and hand stitches 
it.  I don't think she has quite gotten around to whittling her own wooden 
needles........yet.
When I am testing recipes in my home for my own pleasure I often use modern 
techniques and (sometimes) ingredients.  But when I cook a meal for others 
that I represent as Medieval, I get as close as it is possible for me to get 
to using the same techniques, ingredients, AND RECIPES as my ancestresses.  
This is my field of interest in the Society.  I don't know a Rapier from a 
Foil, a Great Helm from a Casque, and I have no idea what the Barding 
Heraldry in the Equestrian Arts are all about, but I have friends who do.

Mordonna
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