Perceptions - was, Re: [Sca-cooks] Tonight on the Food Network - Biblical Foods

[Elaine Koogler]

I tend to agree. I am finding that more and more people are willing to 
eat fish. In fact, I have mentioned to a number that I plan to serve 
grilled tuna at my feast and have had not a single "UGH, fish!" 
response, save from one of those for whom the only real food is a 
McDonald's hamburger...er, make that cheeseburger...and fries. And, 
while I still know that I need to serve at least one MEAT dish for the 
dyed in the wool carnivores, I am getting away with more veggies, fruit 
and non-meat items. And I'm able to use more real period dishes. I think 
people, at least in our area, are getting used to the idea that Medieval 
food can be quite tasty.

Kiri

Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:

> In the end, and this is the unfortunate part, the lady comes across as 
> just another fish-hating crybaby aiming their prejudices at the 
> unfamiliar. Which is not to suggest that there aren't people who 
> genuinely have given various fish dishes a fair shot and simply 
> dislike them; it's just that my experience has been that many of the 
> most vocal opponents of fish served at SCA events (in areas where it's 
> plentiful and cheap, anyway) are simply airing an unfortunate side of 
> their upbringing wherein Mommy and Daddy put them in charge at an 
> early stage. I suspect a large overlap between the "I don't eat bait" 
> and the "Vegetables are what food eats" contingents. Rest assured that 
> I have pages and pages of clinical evidence that proves this, but I 
> won't post it here... the dog ate it, and I left it in my other toga. 
> And the sun is in my eyes, and it took a bad hop off the astroturf. 
> But I'd post it if I could, believe me. It's in the mail...
>
> Adamantius

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