[Sca-cooks] Fun and ignorance - The Response

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> You know, it does occur to me that we did not see Apollonia's letter to the
> editor. Perhaps it was not as, er, well-presented as it could have been?

Possibly, but I am considering posting the 'herbalist's response to me,
and my question to her (which she thought was more polite, hrrmph!)...
She wasn't much better to me, though I suspect that she didn't catch on
that half her links were to my pages.

I challenged my guild to come up with a point-by-point rebuttal-- SCA
herbalist is going through creating a list of myths about period herbalism
and rebutting them but I want better documentation than that I am throwing
together off the top of my head.

> I will admit that I am sorely tempted to add my two cents now- while I
> don't have a doctorate, I do have a degree, and I could put up sources...
> though I don't think that is what this person is interested in.
> Hildegarde of Bingen would be horrified.

Frankly, if I was a rich woman, I'd be tempted to offer to BUY her
sources.

Anyway, anybody who wants to post a rebuttal of a point will be heartily
welcomed. Something tells me that our myths document will get quite long.

-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
jenne at fiedlerfamily.net OR jenne at tulgey.browser.net OR jahb at lehigh.edu
"I used to be one of them. Now I rather think I'm one of me." -- Terry
Prachett, _Thief of Time_