SC - Period Dining Atmosphere (Was RE: Saffron)

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/4/00 8:31:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
grizly at mindspring.com writes:

>  My approach is to urge persons involved in historical cookery, 
especiallyin 
> SCA, to challenge themselves whenever possible to take a step toward the 
more 
> accurate end.  To whatever means realistic within budget, time constraints, 
> knowledge and resources, we shouyld challenge ourselves to approach 
> historical accuracy whenever we can

Question:  What happens when we reach the end of our historical documents?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 of Blackmoor

Such a strange fascination, as I wallow in waste
That such a trivial victory could put a smile on your face.