SC - Perspectives on Recipe Adaptation (was: ALCOHOL IN FOOD)

[Alderton, Philippa]

Cariadoc wrote:

> >Observation:  It was admitted that Her Highness' original missive was
> >perhaps poorly stated, and that this type of feast was the object of her
> >intention all along.
>
> I don't think opinions by people other than Her Highness of what they
> think Her Highness meant are relevant here; do you?

With all due respect, your Grace, I do.   Opinions based on careful
consideration do deserve some merit.  Those based on immediate, gut
reaction, deserve considerably less.  If everyone's interpretations were
moot but Her Highness', then this would not be a subject to begin with: the
opinion of those who took offense in the first place would not be relevant.

> >Observation:  The conflict no longer exists and the matter should,
> >therefore, be at an end.  Misunderstanding explained. Apologies for
> >unintended offenses offered.
>
> Unless I have missed it, Her Highness has not responded at all, here
> or (more relevantly) in the places where her original statement
> appeared. I don't think we have seen any reason to believe either
> that her intention was "tasty period feasts"-- the clear implication
> of her message was that that was not an option--or that she thinks
> she misspoke.

No sir, you did not miss her response.  Her Highness does not have access to
this ethereal realm.  Her chatelaine has responded for her, but she has not,
personally, replied.  As for any "clear implication", that is a matter of
interpretation and perception.

> Note, by the way, that although your message went to both the cooks
> list and the trimaris list, responses such as this one are bounced by
> the trimaris list, presumably because it is set up to only accept
> posts from list members. I don't think anyone has posted here (in the
> cook's list) instructions for temporarily joining the trimaris list
> in order to keep that from happening. So the result is that, at
> present, people on the trimaris list are seeing only one side of the
> conversation.
>
> David/Cariadoc
> http://www.best.com/~ddfr/

As for subscribing, you may do so through the website at www.trimaris.org
under, I believe, the news category.  It is indeed unfortunate to receive
only one side of any given story.  By the same token, those good gentles on
the cooks list have missed most of the posts from the Trimaris list.
Miscommunication is often found to be the culprit in the midst of strife.

The silver lining in this cloud is that it has provoked some wonderful
discussions of recipes and period dishes and the like.  The down side is
that the silver lining surrounds a cloud of bitter nastiness and
discourtesy, that has me, quite frankly, ashamed of my fellow SCAdians.

Terrell

sbrooks at eratrend.com