SC - re: accommodating at feasts

[Micaylah]

Wait a minute.  I thought _all_ feasts were supposed to make an effort at being
period.  They aren't????

wajdi

Michael F. Gunter wrote:

> I didn't start a list for period cooks. I started a list for SCA cooks.
> Basically it first started out as a list of people who cooked SCA feasts
> and could help with problems or give suggestions. Then more and more of these
> "period cooking snobs" got on and just took over.
>
> Now this list contains old period food snobs, new cooks just learning, old
> cooks who have never done period, non-SCA people (who are very welcome),
> and pure cooking dilettantes. I think the influence of this list is beginning
> to spread to those who have never considered really cooking period dishes
> and even outside the list into the semi-real world of the SCA. I don't know
> if it is coincidence or not but there is a growing interest in doing more
> period feasts in many kingdoms including my own. It could be that this list
> has created new crusaders who go out and encourage period dishes and are
> opening up a new and exciting segment of the Society where there was none
> before.
>
> I hope this answers your questions.
>
> Yours,
>
> Gunthar
> 56 days....



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