[Sca-cooks] Paschal Beets/New member intro.

[phoenissa at netscape.net]

"Olwen the Odd" <olwentheodd at hotmail.com> wrote:

>>Anahita
>>who had to pay a pun tax at a recent SCA event...
>
>Pun tax??  Do tell please.
>
>Olwen

I'll explain, if Anahita hasn't yet!  :-)  The pun taxes are a tradition of the College of Saint Katherine: if you make a pun, you have to pay a penny as, er, pun-ishment.  (Sorry, I couldn't help it <g>.)  Some people just save themselves the trouble and pay a flat rate of a dollar for the course of a weekend event ;-)  Anahita sometimes camps with us, and can pun with the best of 'em.

I'll also take this opportunity to introduce myself, if I may - I just signed onto the list yesterday, and have already seen plenty to get me interested.  (Rabbits...wow.)  I am a student at the aforementioned St Katherine's College (mka UC Berkeley), and this is the start of my 3rd year in the SCA.  I was interested in the history of cooking long before I knew the SCA existed; I come from a family of exceptionally talented cooks, and grew up with exposure to many different cultures and cuisines (as well an astounding cookbook collection).  I have been slowly working on building up a repertoire of period recipes. using mostly online sources - I've had no luck finding period cookery books in stores, but maybe I've been looking in the wrong places.  I'm hoping this list will prove a good resource, too. :)

Vittoria Aureli
College of Saint Katherine
Principality of the Mists, West Kingdom


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