SC - Non-member submission - Re:Lenten feast for non-christian characters

[Michael Gunter]

    Well, I haven't even CHOSEN a specific persona or character to play in 
the
    SCA.  At this point, I still really just like experiencing the events 
and
    learning about medieval history through the activities.  I think it 
would
    be neat to experience a Lenten Feast as might be presented to royalty in
    the springtime.  Mundanely, I worship with a Protestant church, but that
    doesn't stop me from being interested in what people of other religions
    believe and how they live.  There is a Native American saying that goes
    something like, "To understand another man you must walk a mile in his
    moccasins", so I think if we are to understand the way people in 
Medieval
    times lived, it would be good to experience the festivals and other
    activities that they experienced, as best as we can recreate.

    -Laurene

    At 02:47 AM 3/2/01 -0600, you wrote:
    >Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 20:30:39 -0600
    >From: Ted Eisenstein <alban at delphi.com>
    >Subject: Re: SC - list newbie/Seasonal food.
    >
    > >Is it really true that eating meals attempting to portray those 
served
    > >during a certain season of the year would be so offensive to one's
    > >religion simply because their construction follows a set of rules 
from
    > >another religion?
    >Well, some of us do portray period non-Christians; I can think of
    >several people who portray period Jews, and one can easily imagine
    >that they, in persona, would find being forced to eat food specifically
    >made for a Christian Holy Day (well, several weeks of Lent - but you
    >get the drift) to be offensive.
    >
    >Alban
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