[Sca-cooks] personas and names (was what does C&I mean )

[Pandora Nic 'Ille Phadraig]

Greetings unto Lord Stefan,

I *love* the FLorilegium - I have passed many a while reading it (along with
Cariadoc's Miscellany) when I should be working ;-) -- thank you *so much*
for doing all the work to keep the Florilegium flowering!

Using material from the Florilegium, Miscellany and Helewyse's pages, I
recently worked up a Renaissance Venetian meal for my mundane Gourmet Club
(a group of 7 including me, so we couldn't have anywhere near the range of
dishes I would've liked to have). I don't know if I have the aspiration to
be the head chef of a large feast, but I would certainly like to cook for
smaller groups (household size) or work with a team on a feast. And
encampment cooking is intriguing as well...

I think part of my indecision thus far about selecting a name & persona is
that so much is interesting to me. Because I already have studied Scottish
Gaelic and Celtic studies, I am leaning toward Irish, but am also intrigued
by the idea of doing one of the less-commonly-done times/places (except for
the frustration of perhaps not having as much good source material).

is mise le meas,
Pandora (for now)

-----Original Message-----
From: sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org
[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Stefan li Rous
Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 11:32 PM
To: SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks
Subject: [Sca-cooks] personas and names (was what does C&I mean )


> Pandora Fitzpatrick, who is still awaiting the right SCA name to come
> along
Greetings Pandora,

Welcome to SCA-Cooks, and to the SCA!

Do you have any specific interests in cooking? Are you interested in
cooking, or helping to cook, the large medieval feasts? or just
interested in learning to cook some medieval dishes for pot lucks or
for your use at home?

Do you know which times and cultures you might want to use as a
persona? It helps to have some idea before picking a name. You can find
an overview of some cultures in the CULTURES section in the
Florilegium. While hardly comprehensive, perhaps it will give you a
place to start. There is also some information on personas and names in
the PERSONA section, although a much better source for actual
documentation on names is the St. Gabriel site. You can find info on
this site in the names-msg file and others in this section. I would
come up with first name fairly soon, simply to keep folks from having
to learn a new name for you just after learning your regular name.
Really, a complete name can wait for awhile.

Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
    Mark S. Harris           Austin, Texas
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at:  http://www.florilegium.org ****

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