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From: "Cindy M. Renfrow" <cindy at thousandeggs.com>


Balthazar,

I followed a link from a real medieval village site to this place, where
they were advertising it as genuine medieval cookery.  And they do say
"authentic" medieval food on their website. So, yes, they're misinforming 
unwitting  tourists. I'm not condemning anyone, nor criticizing anyone for 
having fun. I'm just howling because this is happening in Germany, where 
people should know better than to serve corn on the cob & call it medieval 
cuisine.

Cindy


A thought:

Why should we expect folks in Germany to "know" what is medieval and what 
isn't just because they are from Germany?  Do we expect folks who live in 
Virginia to "know" what colonists ate? I think we should "expect" that most 
people have an idea of what they think is medieval, and it is generally 
inaccurate unless they have done research/reading or know someone  better 
informed than the average person.

I agree that this is silly and perhaps fun (maybe a little better than the 
"Medieval Times" found over here in the US) but I wouldn't expect the 
average German to know any more than the average US citizen about medieval 
cookery.

Caitlin of Enniskillen

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