SC - sulte
Christina van Tets
cjvt at hotmail.com
Wed Apr 5 10:34:52 PDT 2000
In a message dated 4/5/00 1:02:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, lcm at efn.org
writes:
>
> > Question: What happens when we reach the end of our historical
documents?
> > When we have exhausted all of the ancient information, and have learned
as
> > much as we can from those texts? Then does it become okay to improvise,
> or
> > do we become stagnant, afraid to make a decision because we have no more
> > historical proof? Just asking.
>
> Balthazar, as a member of the much-maligned 'academic types', when this
> happens I WILL PERSONALLY CLEAN YOUR KITCHEN FLOOR WITH MY TONGUE. Think
> about what we had available when the SCA began- or 15 years ago, or 10,
> or 5. When I started out, I had no idea that there were ANY extant cook
> books. And as a scholar, I can tell you that we have only begun to
> scratch the surface.
Though the point was missed, I think I'll leave it alone.
Balthazar
Such a strange fascination, as I wallow in waste
That such a trivial victory could put a smile on your face.
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