[Sca-cooks] Re:tea was Introduction and Question

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From: "Stefan li Rous" <stefan at texas.net>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist" <SCA-Cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 1:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Re:tea was Introduction and Question


> Kristianne replied to me with:
> > I believe the ladies tea this gentle is referring to is the social
afternoon
> > gathering that occurs when ladies drink tea and eat small foods, i.e.
> > desserts and appetizer type foods.
>
> Sigh. yes, after reading this and re-reading the message I see that
> is what she probably meant.
>
> > I fully realize this isn't period,
> > sigh..... but it's sooo much fun.  Since we do seem to have a custom, at
> > least in this part of the world, of the "Queen's Tea" what would be a
> > reasonable substitute for the name of a social gathering in the
afternoon of
> > a group of people to eat, drink and discuss?
> >
> > At the Abbey we are calling our planned theme discussions Round Tables
and
> > I'm guessing that's not period either so any terminology that would be
more
> > period would be greatly appreciated.
>
> In my barony we've been calling these the Lady's Solar. Which was
> apparently the period name for a similar gathering, where the Ladies
> would get together in the "Solar" and discuss women's things and
> embroider and such. In our case, I think they've been open of gentles
> of either (or neither?) sex.
>

You know, I thought about suggesting that one, and then I realized I had no
idea whether the concept of the solar was period, or just something that was
in all the historical fantasy/fiction novels... nice to know it really is
period.

Jennifer