[Sca-cooks] eating from couches or lounges

[Olwen the Odd]

I didn't say that.  I think it was Kiri.

>Olwen answered me with:
> > >I have wondered about some of this. Specifically, eating from those
> > >comfy couches or chase lounge things like the Romans were supposed
> > >to have done.
> > >
> > >Seems like it would be messy to me, with a good part of the food
> > >ending up on your chest rather than down your throat. Especially
> > >when eating things like pears in wine sauce. And especially without
> > >forks. I don't remember seeing any pictures of the Romans wearing
> > >bibs.
> > >
> > >Perhaps this was like Chinese footbinding or those long sleeved,
> > >dagged medieval gowns. To flaunt the fact that you had servents to do
> > >those things for you.
>
>I noticed this is unclear. What I meant was that perhaps eating on
>the reclining sofas was intentionally difficult. That you had your
>servents feed you and that the sofas were used because they highlighted
>that you had these servents to use for this.
>
> > >THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
> >
> > Well, you have a point, kinda, there Stefan.  But really now, don't you
>eat
> > on your sofa?  Yeah, you get some on your shirt but that's half the fun.
>
>No, I don't eat on the sofa. Rather unconfortable I'd think. Also, to
>eat on the sofa I'd have to first remove the books and boxes of
>things, the mail, the coats and various other items that now reside
>there. :-)
>
>--
>THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
>    Mark S. Harris            Austin, Texas          stefan at texas.net
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