SC - Is Arrowroot Period?

[Elaine Koogler]

Having a Japanese personna, and having fought the determination on the part of
some individuals to insist on only Western European personnae...knowing full
well that there are many individuals in the SCA with Eastern European and
Middle-Eastern personnae...I have essentially stayed out of this discussion.
I've been over this territory too many times previously.  I would also let folks
know that, in the 20+ years I've been in the Society, I've always considered
myself a visitor in a European court, and have maintained that rigorously...to
the point that, when given an augmentation of arms of golden dragons, the CoA
wanted to make them silver to conform to the rules about mon...I indicated that
this was a gift given to me by a barbarian round-eye King who didn't know about
mon, and that it would be a great ingratitutde and dishonor to change the gift!

My feeling is that, if the SCA is going to adhere strictly to it's charter of
being Western European Medieval and Renaissance recreation, then it should do it
across the board...no pre-800, no post 1600 (including recipes and dances!),
nothing from the Middle East or Eastern Europe.  Actually, I think that'd be a
little boring, but then that's me.  I have learned a great deal from the
diversity of personnae that we have, and I like to think that folks have learned
a little about medieval Japan from me!

Kiri

CBlackwill at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/3/00 5:06:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> melcnewt at netins.net writes:
>
> > The Corpora does state that we recreate Pre 17th Century Western European
> >  culture, If you can find a recipe using Arrowroot from Portugual or Spain
> >  before 1600, then by all means share it and it will be deemed a period
> item.
> >
>
> Okay, here we go again.   If we are to recreate only Western European
> culture, then why are there so many Russian and Middle Eastern personae in
> the SCA?  If you can find a ships manifest which indicates "Russian and
> Middle Eastern Passengers", then we'll deem them period, as well.
>
> Balthazar of Blackmoor
> (with tongue firmly in cheek)
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