SC - What would you do? or 2 months to freak out

[micaylah]

> Umm. I'd hate to see a possibly rare, even one-time import of some
> bananas used to justify the use of bananas as period. There appears
> to be some real question as to whether that find actually dates from
> within our period, at all. For more details, see this file in the
> FOOD-FRUITS section of the Florilegium:
> bananas-msg       (17K)  1/24/01    Period bananas. When and where
> known.

Havent seen any updates yet refuting it. I posted the find to our
Kingdom list and that was technically the last I heard. Can someone
refer me to actual documentation for me to post in regards to this so i
can forward it?

> I guess that's okay, if the ten-foot rule is your prime determination
> of whether something should be used in the SCA. Is this really what
> you really meant to say? If so, then would it really matter if our
> feasts tasted horrible, so long as they looked period?
>
> "Hey, I'll take some of those 'armored' potatos. Much better tasting
> than those armored turnips. Looks the same either way, especially
> from ten feet." :-)

Whether it would be MY prime determination or not isnt in question here.
She asked whether these would be acceptable. I simply answered by the
expereince of eating many oranges at events and not having the mavens
pounce on me for eating something not period. but then again, I wouldnt
serve a Ploughmans Lunch either as its been done to death and back.

It's the original Posters call here.


> Actually, oranges might be okay as both sweet and sour oranges were
> used by 1600. Perhaps apples or grapes might be better choices though.

Again its her call.

Micaylah