[Sca-cooks] Re: Creative Supplimentation

[Pat]

I started in the SCA in Atenveldt (Greater Phoenix, AZ).  There are three baronies, a College, and a Shire all within an hours drive, but the rest of the Kingdom is spread out over a huge area.  (There are nearly 5 million people in Arizona, but 3 million of them live in the GPA).
Weekend camping events are the norm.  A few of the larger summer time events are held in Halls, with no camping (ever try sleeping in a tent when the midnight temperature is over 100 degrees F.?)  The camping events seemed to be about 50/50 with feasts, and the Hall events all had feasts.  Sometimes the camping feasts were included with the site fee, the Hall events very seldom included feast with the site fee.
Because Atenveldt is a predominantly urban population, supplementing with wild game or home grown vegetables was seldom done, although locally grown lamb has been used.  
I moved to Meridies two years ago.  My biggest culture shock was finding that weekend events here almost always include cabins, and people are reluctant to attend camping events in more primitive settings where cabins are not available.  How can cement block cabins and swimming pools onsite add to the Medieval atmosphere?  Also, the population is much more spread out, and one does not get the opportunity to fraternize with royalty that one experiences in Atenveldt.
 
 
 
 


Pat Griffin
Lady Anne du Bosc
known as Mordonna the Cook
Shire of Thorngill, Meridies
Mundanely, Millbrook, AL
Vert, between four cauldrons or, a cross checky argent and sable