SC - ETHICAL DILEMMA

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From: Jenne Heise <jenne at tulgey.browser.net>
To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Date: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 9:38 AM
Subject: Re: SC - questions


>> >  The period references I have seen (I'm thinking of Chiquart and
>> >  Rumpolt) imply two substantial means a day, not three. "Fruhmahle"
>> >  and "Nachtmahle" in Rumpolt, as I recall.
>
>Most of the secondary sources say the same, that most people did not eat
>upon arising (supposedly the church and moralists condemned the practice
>of morning snacking) but ate a meal in the late morning and another in the
>evening. You certainly were not supposed to eat before attending mass.

That held till Vatican II. I do remember reading in a class on
church/medieval history, people eating a few anise seeds to prevent fainting
during mass.

>That doesn't mean that people didn't have a snack, but a lack of organized
>breakfast meals seems to be indicated.
>
>Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise       jenne at tulgey.browser.net
>disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.
>   "My hands are small I know, but they're not yours, they are my own"
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