SC - Apicius in Ireland? and ham ideas?

[Decker, Margaret]

PITA solution: Could you go so far as having those who practice and belong
to period cooking guilds boycott feast stewarding?  Especially for events
such as coronation/crown tourney?

REALLY being PITA solution:Or perhaps cooking a period feast for those who
want it and serving the Princess and Prince fast food? (does one get
banished for things like this?)

Being more reasonable: Has anyone asked her why?  Did she perhaps have an
unpleasant experience with period food?  Is she a picky eater?  Maybe a good
solution is to serve simple, period food without telling her until after she
has enjoyed it.
 Does she have alot of food allergies?  Perhaps was her ear bent by those
who are picky eaters and complain about "period food"?  Is her perception
that she concerned that the cost of making period food is more expensive
than non period food? (which is not true!)

Shari/Elisabeth
"Belief is the way,
  The way of the innocent.
  When I say innocent,
  I should say naïve.
  So lie to me,
  But do it with sincerity . . . "
  -- Depeche Mode ("Lie to Me")



>
> >From the Crown Princess of Trimaris, Anastasiya Zadorovc, OL:
>
> "While I am on the subject of food, let me address feast in
> general.  More
> than anything, his Highness and I want our populace to be able to eat the
> food that their populace has paid for.  So when we step up, we
> request that
> all Feastcrats endeavor to stay away from all period feasts.  We
> do not mind
> if some removes are of a period nature, however, we wish other
> removes of a
> more easily digested by the majority-of-the-populace nature!  We
> understand
> the reason that totally period feasts are cooked, but in some cases our
> populace is paying the price for historical accuracy: and their
> twentieth-century palates (and sometimes tummies) are unable to
> appreciate
> the research and effort that went into cooking that particular
> time period."
>
> When I read this, I had to stop and go back and read it again.
> In fact, I
> have read this particular passage at least twenty times in the
> past 24 hours.
>  I'm wondering if my reaction to this passage is going to
> dissipate, given
> enough time to forget about it.  Am I wrong?  Is this just a moment of
> unthinking lunacy, or are we here in Trimaris, who find cooking
> period feasts
> to be one of our most joyous and delightful pastimes, just going
> to have to
> suck it up and serve Happy Meals to high table?  I'm just
> dismayed at this
> point to have the future Queen of Trimaris (traditionally, the
> patroness and
> fosterer of the arts & sciences),who is herself a member of the
> Order of the
> Laurel, plainly and most distressingly discourage the
> practitioners of our
> particular art and science for the duration.  It's going to be a
> jungle of a
> reign; if I start growling now, I'll never last.
>
> Forgive my snarling.  Like all else which has come before, this too shall
> pass.  Thanks for listenting.
>
> Walk in peace,
> Wolfmother
> aka Baroness Dianna Wyndalan of Kidwelly
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