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

[John Kemker]

Martin G. Diehl wrote:

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>>The difference he fails to note is that Dave Barry is actually funny.
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>Do you think we should tell him that?  <g> 
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Perhaps someone should.

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>>Decker, Terry D. wrote:
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>>>Methinks, Herr Hoffman believes he has stepped into a virtual hornets nest.
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>>>Here is his reply and my response.
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>>>Bear
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>>>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...
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>>>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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>Vincenzo
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