[Sca-cooks] 13th Century Icelandic Fish Skin Tanning Techniques

[Ted Eisenstein]

>> I wonder if it was the same "mouthy Laurel" (the Laurel in question referred
>> to herself that way, so I'm not insulting her) who once told me that
>> handsewing a new gown in the hall at an event, and explaining to people how I
>> did it and how I found out how to do it did not count as encouraging the Arts
>> and Sciences.  Apparently the ONLY WAY(tm) to do that is to enter and to run
>> Arts and Sciences competitions.  Kingdom level ones.  The local ones I had
>> been involved with counted for so little that I was told I had no right to
>> venture an opinion as to whether they were either useful or enjoyable.

. . . .and fortunately, that Laurel is only one amongst a huge crowd, and therefore
(one hopes) holds comparatively little sway in Laurel Circles.

Alban