Wiccan Cookbook Reviewed (was Re: SC - I am So Ashamed! (long))

[Susan Fox-Davis]

Ok, I'll be nicer.  Well I'll try.  The people who whine that they don't get
peerages because of their religion/household affiliation/hair color/whatever
tend to have other real reasons why their ambitions are frustrated, like lack of
ability and commitment. That's a hot button of mine right about now.

As regards the book itself:  it just appears that neither the author nor the
reviewer seem to be extremely clue-filled about either historical cooking or
Wiccan tradition.  Well, it's better than the book I read recently that cited
pumpkins and potatoes as ancient Druid sacred plants.  <aack -- pbbbt!>  I'd
write a better book, but I'm afraid the market is a bit saturated already with
crud.  Besides, I'd probably offend somebody by making it NOT vegan.

Selene

Catherine Deville wrote:

> > > the bit about political suicide by stating your wiccan...
> >
> > Sorry, but poppycock.  Maybe some of it depends on where you are and
> who's
> > running your kingdom, but don't blame lack of promotion on religion
> alone.
>
> o.k., folks... please keep things in *context*... what I said (and I
> emphasized it) is that there is a *perception* in some *areas* and that we
> should be careful, if we are going to write (as people were proposing to
> do) to a *paper* or an *editor* in criticism of a Wiccan cookbook, that we
> should be sure not to *miscommunicate* what we were saying (that we don't
> like the way that medieval food is inaccurately portrayed) in such a manner
> as to be spun so as to increase that *perception*.
>
> the original thread (which, if was on topic because it was concerning a
> review of a cookbook and the review made many statements about medieval
> cooking) spun of several responses which were not *clear* in their
> indication of what they disaproved of about the book, one of which used a
> possibly inflammatory term (IIRC it was "more Wiccan dreck").  I was simply
> trying to illustrate why it is important not to promote such ideas, not to
> indicate that they were true (in fact I've stated repeatedly that I have no
> person indication that they *are* true.)
>
> I hope that this clarification helps and puts things back into context.
>
> I remain, in service to Meridies,
> Lady Celia des L'archier
>
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