SC - Accomodating Vegetarians at Period Feasts

[LrdRas@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/7/99 2:19:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dy018 at freenet.carleton.ca writes:

So far as pre-posting menus/ing lists , etc., great but things do and can 
change at the last  second. So a preliminary copy is all that can or should 
be expected. The inclusion of any commercially prepared products when making 
the dishes would make such such a list tentative at best.

One of BEST reasons I can see for NOT pre-publishing such a set of documents 
is the simple reason that a lot of 'food bores' would use it as a basis for 
not trying to educate their palettes but rather as a way to avoid anything 
they might  find personally 'icky'. If it were only used by those who  would 
die from eating something then fine. But using it for anything else  like 
avoiding something he/she doesn't think they like, or, worse yet, to avoid 
something that sounds 'icky' would be  very selfish and dishonorable. And it 
would be used that way, have no doubt about that.

<< At the very
 least, it would prevent this issue from coming up over and over again
 on the List <grin>. >>

I seriously doubt that such a policy would stop this recurring discussion. At 
best , it provade a forum for discusion of the implimentation of even more 
rules and PC regulations by the BoD and local Kingdoms for inclusion in their 
already bulging rule book. To formulate rules on the basis of statistically 
insignificant happenings and the requests of special interest individuals is 
ludicrous, IMO, ands serves no useful function. Preventing an imagined future 
happening is not a reason to do so. ( A person who wants to be both safe and 
free deserves neither safety nor freedom-see T. Jefferson). 

The bottom line is that if someone is so fearful of eating something for 
whatever reason, they can bring their own food, period. Any attempts to place 
the responsibility on the cook is a cop out. SCA events are a forum for 
getting together and  playing the game. If your special physical requirements 
don't allow you to play whatever part of the game is happening, don't play 
that part. This is true whether it be fighting or eating or anything else 
happening at an event.. 

Ras
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