SC - Re: Modern Chefs (OOP)

[sdrake]

Greetings,
  I have been involved in the Sca for not quite a year
   (and am not certain the persona name I am using is 
    permanant),and have been on this list foralmost a 
    week.My persona as it stands right now is half
    jewish,because of the fact that off-on research 
    into the jewish roots of Christianity over the
last
    3 years before I came into the sca had given me
    such a respect for the the jews stead fastness in 
    the face of hell on earth.I came out of my lurking
    because I had run into this info two years ago(and

    now can not find my documentation).If it is not 
    compeatly accurate somebody please correct me.
- --- Stefan li Rous <stefan at texas.net> wrote:
> Morgan said about her upcoming feast: 
> > They are moist enough without the butter, if
> necessary.  I figured it was easier to leave out the
> butter, and if anybody REALLY wants, and it does not
> interfere with dietary, they can stir it in.  Just
> having it on the table could be bad for the really
> strict Jews, but I am trying to have a table that
> Jews, Christians, and All The Rest can sit at
> together.<
> 
> Huh? I can understand why you might not be allowed
> to eat something, but
> why would having butter on the table, if it is not
> eaten by the Jew
> be a problem for them?
> 
> And, to me, this seems to conflict with the idea
> that you can have 
> someone else turn on the lights, so long as you
> don't flip the switch.
> If it's okay to be present, even cause the switch to
> be flipped by
> allowing someone else flip the switch, why is it not
> okay to have butter
> on the table if you don't partake of it?

   The restriction against fat maybe? 

> > >>> Not to put too fine a point on it, but
> technically speaking
> > >>> you probably shouldn't be handling chametz at
> all.  The
> > >>> extent of your religious observance is up to
> you, of course.
> > 
> > I am aware of that -- which is why I have at least
> one "Pesach goy" on my kitchen staff.  <S>  As I
> said, I am fairly secularized, but I do try to be
> cautious.  And I'll note that in addition to the
> bread, I'm Ashkenazic, which means I also cannot
> cook the Grene Peysen or A Cooked Dish of Lentils.
> 
> What is "chametz"? And if you don't eat it, or lick
> your fingers or 
> some such, why can't you prepare it?

  Chametz is nothing more than levening,whitch is 
   nothing more than yeast,baking soda,baking powder, 

   and who knows what else.  
> > >>> I think that Morgan was trying to recreate a
> lenten
> > >>> version that would have been served in
> medieval times.
> > 
> > Bingo.  Or as close as a Jew can figure one out. 
> Pretty much, I figured if it doesn't grow in the
> garden, you cannot eat it during Lent -- right? 
> Nothing that had a mother, could have had a mother,
> came from a mother, or might be related to a mother.
> 
> Okay, without getting into a bunch of religous
> detail, what does this
> mother stuff have to do with passover or Jewish food
> restrictions?
> 
> Stefan, whose rather perplezed by all this.
   
 In case you did not notice Morgan was tring to give 
  both the jews and the cathloics a fare chance to 
  eat the feast,if they are so inclined.Lent is the 
  first weekend of April this year,and Easter(whitch
  is asociated with lent somehow)is the second weekend
  of April. 
> -- 
> THLord  Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad   
> Kingdom of Ansteorra
> Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas        
> stefan at texas.net
> **** See Stefan's Florilegium files at: 
> http://www.florilegium.org ****
>
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  hope that clears up some confusion
                              Mor
Elaine Sartor
Mor of Bonwicke
morofbonwicke at yahoo.com

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