SC - Fw: [Mid] Coffee

[Alderton, Philippa]

Thought you guys might enjoy this take on coffee, after all our more serious
discussions on the matter ;-)


Phlip

Nolo disputare, volo somniare et contendere, et iterum somniare.

phlip at morganco.net

Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

"All things are poisons.  It is simply the dose that distinguishes between a
poison and a remedy." -Paracelsus

"Oats -- a grain which in England sustains the horses, and in
Scotland, the men." -- Johnson

"It was pleasant to me to find that 'oats,' the 'food of horses,' were
so much used as the food of the people in Johnson's own town." --
Boswell

"And where will you find such horses, and such men?" -- Anonymous

- -----Original Message-----
From: David deKunstenaar <sirarti1 at hotmail.com>
To: sca-middle at midrealm.org <sca-middle at midrealm.org>
Date: Thursday, February 03, 2000 11:28 AM
Subject: [Mid] Coffee


>     I think that most Historians have it wrong.   This business of the
>Crusades being fought for religious reasons makes for good reading and so
>forth, but it is my contention that the real reason is Knights in search of
>a really good cup of coffee.
>     It was no accident that western civilization can trace its origin back
>to Urr, it was the first place that you could go to, to get a really first
>rate cup of coffee.  I mean you just can not stay up late, writing on the
>ole clay tablet about the Epic of Gilgamesh, with out a little cup of
>coffee.  I know I needed a cup to read it the night before the test.
>     The "Dark Ages" certainly refers to the period of time before anyone
>thought to put cream in it.  Try waking up in a cold drafty castle and
>facing the day, without a hot cup of brew, not a pleasant thought is it!
It
>can also help you stay alert through those long courts, so we can see why
>Kings for life would want to have it around and go to war to get some.
>      Another thing that I have noticed is that as time goes on for us in
>re-enacting, more and more of us are needing a cup of coffee in the morning
>to get going to be ready to put on our armor, especially after the first
>couple of decades.  I take this as allegorical proof that the Knights
errant
>must have needed it as well for their tournament play.
>    Thus cranky with the Java routs being shut down, and all the Star Bucks
>Guild going out of business.  These medieval tournament guys could take it
>no more, it was off to the Holy land.  I think this also explains why they
>showed up in such numbers.
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>Hay can I get a Laurel for this???  Can I at least be and honorary doc????
>
>Myles, I bring my coffee pot to Candlemas,,,
>
>
>Baron Sir David deKunstenaar
>^^^Australopithecus Arti^^^
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