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

[Sue Clemenger]

I, for one, was so badly turned off by the first page that I never made
it to his precious second page.  Frankly, the fat comments bothered me
fully as much as the blatant fallacies about medieval/renaissance foods
and dietary habits.
He was very, very unfunny.
--maire's two pence

Jane Massey wrote:
> 
> I also wrote the author of this article and here was his answer. Apparantly this guy is kinda P.O'd notice the all caps.
> 
> Lavender
> 
> "IT WAS A HUMOROUS PIECE THAT USED THE REN. FAIRE AS A HOOK TO GET PEOLE TO READ THE SECOND PAGE--AND ALL THE GOOD ADVICE THERE...HUMOR...FUNNY...HA, HA, HA...YES, I USED STEREOTYPES AND YES I USED MISCONCEPTIONS AND YES, YES, I MIXED TIME PERIODS...BUT SO AND DOES THE REN. FAIRE...PLEASE...LAUGH...AND LEARN....THIS IS A HUMOR PIECE ABOUT EATING SENSIBLY, NOT A SCHOLARLY PIECE ON MIDDLE AGE MUNCHIES.... "
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