[Sca-cooks] Abysmally wrong EDiets article on medieval diet

[John Kemker]

The difference he fails to note is that Dave Barry is actually funny.

Decker, Terry D. wrote:

>Methinks, Herr Hoffman believes he has stepped into a virtual hornets nest.
>
>Here is his reply and my response.
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>Bear
>
>THT WAS THE WHOLE POINT...YES, IT WAS DONE TONGUE IN CHEEK IN A HUMOROUS
>POINT OF VIEW...NOW I KNOW HOW DAVE BARRY FEELS...AND, I MUST ADD, SOME OF
>THE HISTORICAL INFO CAME FROM THE REN. FAIRE...SOME WAS JUST SPECULATION ON
>MY PART...BASED ON STEREOTYPES AND PERVERSIONS OF HISTORY....NOT REALITY...
>PLEASE...LAUGH...
>
>
>I've spent over 20 years learning about Medieval and Renaissance cookery and
>trying to demonstrate to people that Medieval cooking is not unappetizing
>brown glop.  Unfortunately, what you see as stereotypes and perversions of
>history are believed to be fact by many less knowledgeable people.  It's not
>very humorous when you regularly have to butt heads with it.
>
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