SC - Ideal vs. practical

[Marilyn Traber]

>From: david friedman <ddfr at best.com>
>Reply-To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
>To: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG
>Subject: Re: SC - Ideal vs. practical
>Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 00:40:21 -0800
>
>At 11:30 PM -0800 3/19/99, Anna Potts wrote:
>
>>It's better to at least make an attempt at something close to period
>>rather than not even trying.
>
>Agreed.
>
>>Not all of us can afford to play totally
>>period, so we do the best with what we have.  Most of the food that my
>>camp eats isn't from period recipes, but it is a type of food that did
>>exist at that time.
>
>Recipes from period cookbooks don't cost any more to make than modern
>recipes using similar ingredients. Or were you using "afford" in a 
broader
>sense, to include not only costs in money but also the cost in time and
>effort of learning medieval recipes?
>
>David/Cariadoc
>http://www.best.com/~ddfr/
>

Yes, also cost in time and effort, but also cost in money.  The example 
that started this discussion was a prime example.

Estria
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