SC - Re:Authenticity Buffs

[Lee-Gwen Booth]

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From: Aelfwyn

> The autocrat
> has a "dessert contest" planned with categories like best use of
chocolate.
> Groan. I tried to suggest that she gear the contest towards use of period
or
> at least peri oid recipes, but was met with the ever popular "Oh, real
> medieval stuff is too hard. We want to encourage these newbies to have
fun."

This goes beyond average "period is too hard"!  Chocolate, for pity's sake -
and not even as a drink.  I fail to see what could possibly exist here to
"introduce newbies to the SCA" - help, the virus has caught me......

Gwynydd (the suitably horrified)