SC - No Period Feasts Allowed?

[MPengwyn at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/27/00 8:56:18 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
WOLFMOMSCA at aol.com writes:

<< Believe me, the education process has been going on for a long time here.  
It is hampered by a significant lack of Laurels who happen to be cooks >>

There also seems to be great indifference among the members about Period 
foods. I recently asked on the Trimaris list whether the prevailing 
preference was for "just plain good food no matter whether it was period" or 
"period food and hope it tasted good". I asked it because I am not originally 
from Trimaris and was raised in a tradition of period food is good stuff if 
it is well prepared. Having only attended 3 events in Trimaris and read 
several feast menus, I was seeking for general information about just what 
people EXPECT.

After two or three messages about how nasty meats were in period and that 
everything was overspiced because it was rotten, the conversation devolved 
into a discussion of potatoes being period for a day or so and then switched 
entirely to an argument over the end date for the SCA's time frame and 
whether or not a hue and cry should be sent up to change the dates. When I 
attempted to bring the conversation back around by asking if several common - 
in my experience foods were ever served in Trimaris, no one answered. (Those 
being: STC, Urchouns, Normandy Tarts, Macros, and two others that escape me 
now.) There was no hint of familiarity with the various foods mentioned nor 
even a question of "what the heck is that and does it taste good?" 

And now this request from the incipient Crown regarding no period feasts. 
Very disheartening...

I would love to cook a decent, tasty, and entirely edible Period feast in 
Trimaris, but it would appear that at least until next Fall, a snowball 
stands a better chance in Florida..

In Service,

Meghan