SC - Plastic Ware
Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Bronwynmgn at aol.com
Sun Apr 16 05:37:45 PDT 2000
In a message dated 4/15/2000 7:30:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Marian.Deborah.Rosenberg at washcoll.edu writes:
<< Last year, one of the goodies Mike and I picked up at the Korean Korner
were a
dozen pairs of stainless steel chopsticks. I don't recall a single in camp
meal
that wasn't finger food or eaten with these. Wiping them with a dry paper
towel
was generally more than sufficient to clean them. These are far better than
plastic utensils, reusable, and fairly cheap. >>
This may suit you as far as a "period alternative" to plasticware. For me,
using something like chopsticks, which had never even been heard of in my
persona's time and culture, would be just as jarring as plasticware.
Now, if I could find some way to keep bread from molding at Pennsic with the
moisture in the wrapping (stale bread wouldn't be a problem, but wet, moldy,
or buggy bread would), I would think that doing the period thing and using
bread trenchers as a plate would satisfy both the desire to eat from period
materials, and still have a minimum of personal dishes to wash - all you
would have would be your drinking vessel, possibly a bowl depending on the
meal, one spoon per person, and a few knives that could be shared round the
table. If you don't actually eat the trencher, it's definitely biodegradable
anyway.
Brangwayna Morgan
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