[Sca-cooks] Beverages, was Royal authenticity

[AEllin Olafs dotter]

LOL! That's one reason I'm doing it - going around saying "No, 
Scandinavia did not fall off the map!"

It's not just the SCA, though. A year ago, we did a demo in conjunction 
with a local Norwegian group. They were interested in viking... but let 
us do other things, too. Now, that was when I was just starting to lean 
towards this persona, so I thought this might be a good place for 
information. Went to the booth run by the history people. Did they have 
info on medieval Norway? I was handed the viking books. No - after the 
vikings? I was handed the 19th century material. Well... 14th or 15th 
century? Viking books again... oh, yes, here's one thin pamphlet about 
the Reformation... The guy clearly couldn't understand why I would even 
want to know about the intervening centuries. Because the early 14th 
Century was considered the Golden Age? The Sons of Norway don't know 
this?? Anyone within the sound of my (cyber) voice is going to! LOL!

I am just beginning, really,  so I'll grab any information I come 
across. Mostly in odd bits and pieces... This should keep me busy for a 
while...

AEllin

UlfR wrote:

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>Nice to see that the SCAtanic Verses was not 100% accurate regarding what
>parts of the world was totally uninhabitet for long spells of time.
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>I would guess that there is quite a bit of research on e.g. the trading
>patterns around Bergen. This would tell you things about what was
>available, but I presume you have already looked into that. 
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>UlfR
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