SC - Help!!

[Siegfried Heydrich]

In a message dated 6/6/00 3:42:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Elaine Koogler 
writes:

"Good Gentles All,
I want to thank you for your suggestion for doing a discussion of period
foods at demos.  The one to which I refer is where you have foods from
both the old and new worlds and ask the participants to determine which
is which."
 
I did the same last Sunday at the Old Port Festival demo in Portland, ME 
(Province of Malagentia). This is our 3rd(?) year having a set up at this 
event. The Festival draws 20-40,000 people each year. We have the fighting, 
fencing, dancing, etc. I set up a display of various gowns that billow nicely 
in the breeze and help encourage folks to come over to the other end of our 
area and see the A&S stuff. This year another Cooks Guild member and I set up 
this "foods challenge". I also made and brought a basket of gingerbread 
samples as rewards for participation. It was a great hit with the public. Two 
other Guild members helped cover so that someone was always there to 
encourage and aid the players. Even many of the SCAdians that were there 
working on the other aspects of the demo came over to try their hands at the 
challenge. Of course, the local news showed the fighters and spoke with the 
Chatelaine, but we got our 2 cents in there, too. We are doing a smaller 
festival demo in another town this Saturday so I'll set up again. Then on 
Sunday I am teaching a newbie class on period food, so it will come out once 
again!
My thanks to the previous posters that talked about this idea.
Aelfwyn