[Sca-cooks] Out of the food topic altogether rant Authenticity police

[Micheal]

 Every time I hear or see this comment I  laugh or get upset depending on my 
mood and the situation.  Sorry this does not apply directly to the author of 
the comment. but to the audacity and commonality of its usage. So do not 
take it as such. Nor does it apply to the situational usage of it. But to 
the audacity and commonality of its usage. It is the comment itself to which 
I bring distaste.
 I have several Authenticity police members in my Barony who avoid me out of 
survival needs. I have seen good cooks quit trying or cooking or the society 
altogether because of such commentary.
>  I'm doubting that it's "period for the SCA",  Or the ever thoughtful 
> "Thats not period" applied to arts Cooking is most objectively an art.
  The most comical situation I have ever been involved in with such a person 
was. Standing before me questioning  while wearing polyester garb about the 
authenticity of the dish they had just enjoyed vehemently. While I was 
holding the book it came out of in my hands. Some of you might even know the 
book called the Complete Dagger Licking Good. Written by one of our own 
people. Which I must say has a recipe for Herbed Lemon- garlic Chicken on 
page 87. .