Christianity in SCA cookery. was Re: [Sca-cooks] pre-Columbian foods

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Susan Fox-Davis wrote:

> 
> OK, steering this all back on topic:  what about Christian dietary laws 
> and why don't we ever seem to bother with them in the SCA?  I keep 
> trying to serve fish during Lent and all I get are complaints.  O 
> Tempura, O Morays! <grin, duck, run really fast!>
> 
> Selene Colfox

Hmmm. Well, around here we've had a Princess who was deathly allergic to 
fish, thus, no fish served at feasts during her reigns. Other than that, I 
think part of the reason is that for most people, fish=tuna salad, 
fish=tuna hotdish, fish=fish sticks, or fish=hyper-expensive swordfish 
steak. Also, fish is quite expensive here in the heartland. When I bought 
for this last 12th night, I got pork butt for $.99/lb, but the cheapest 
fish I could get was salmon at $4.99/lb.

Anybody who's actually served fish at a feast care to comment?

Margaret