[Sca-cooks] Dayboard anxieties

[Daniel Myers]

On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 07:35 AM, Anne duBosc wrote:

>
> I think the premise that SCA children would not like period food is
> erroneous to start with.  I know that my granchildren would be highly
> offended if I were to prevent them from eating what the big people
> eat.  I do carry around snacks for them, because they tend to be a bit
> cranky if they have to wait until after court to eat, but it's not
> something the event staff should have to provide.

At the last feast we attended there was mac & cheese and chicken
nuggets provided for the children.  As it turned out though, my 5 year
old ate much more of the period food than he did of the "kids" food.

... of course he also likes curried spinach, so he's not really a
typical child.

I think this is one of those "You reap what you sow" kind of things.
If you always feed kids hot dogs and chicken nuggets then that's what
they're used to.  If you feed them a wide variety of foods and often
expose them to new foods and spices then they'll be more likely to try
new foods.

- Doc


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