SC - Smithsonian dinner

[Elaine Koogler]

And I guess that this perception is furthered by things like the Renaissance
magazine.  I just read an article they published on period cookery...and was
apalled!!!!!  I do intend to write them a letter regarding their misinformation.
I don't care if it is a magazine directed primarilly at Ren Fairs.  It still
should have accurate information.  One of their "period" recipes included
potatoes and green peppers!

We made the fatal mistake of subscribing to it for a year, but, unless they clean
up their act, we won't make the mistake again.

Kiri

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/19/00 1:43:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> tinyzoo at aracnet.com writes:
>
> <<  Sometimes it seems like people  on this list automatically assume the
> rest of the world is made up of  idiots though, >>
>
> This is without a doubt usually the case especially if such feasts are
> associated with centers of learning which usually means 'centers that pass on
> outdated and completely dumb information regarding medieval cookery.'
>
> <<and it is frustrating to me to encounter this subtle hostility.>>
>
> That is because the people that form these 'events' seldom if ever consult
> with those of us who really know the field. They rely on folks who are part
> of a 'discipline' which seldom goes beyond the past errors that have been
> passed on among themselves and never looks for people outside their 'old
> boy's club' who might have a handle on the project they are ding.
>
>  << Don't people here ever give outsiders the benefit-of-the-doubt? >>
>
> Well,...yes. But that benefit of the doubt has never panned out in my
> experience. As they say, 'Once burned.......'  Our local culinary school
> still teaches their students that medieval food is awful tasting and highly
> spiced despite numerous attempts to educate the supposed educators. From my
> own experience, anyone that has the title of professor or doctor that
> proclaims to the public that they are doing a medieval feast without fail
> does not even come close to the truth in their presentation and to make
> matters worse they completely ignore anyone who tries to point out the error
> of their ways.
>
> Ras
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