SC - Re: sca-cooks V1 #2369

[CBlackwill at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/15/00 7:34:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, phil at spis.co.nz 
writes:

> My experience is that newcomers are quite often keen to be 
>  authentic, and that they can lose this enthusiasm if too many people 
>  tell them they "don't need to bother".

My experience, oddly enough, is to the contrary.  I have seen many newcomers 
enter the society wrapped up in a swaddling cloth of enthusiasm, only to have 
it ripped away by too many people saying things like "swaddling cloths aren't 
period..." :)
>  
>  I don't want to see the SCA set rigid standards of authenticity; I 
>  _do_ want to see newcomers consistently encouraged to put some 
>  effort towards doing things they are interested in authentically.

Gently, tactfully encouraged??
>  

Balthazar of Blackmoor
Mr. Wizard, what happens when you combine pasta and antipasta?