Food-related Meta-Issue -- was, Re: [Sca-cooks] Cola with sugar was Semi-OT: So... guten Pesach to them as does it...

[tom.vincent at yahoo.com]

I think it's disgraceful, but that's what you get when you choose 'leaders' by combat skills alone instead of by leadership skill and reflection of preferred Medieval/Renaissance presence.  Pick leaders that present themselves as positive role models and accurately portray period royals.
 
Duriel
 


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From: ekoogler1 at comcast.net
To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:30:02 AM
Subject: Re: Food-related Meta-Issue -- was, Re: [Sca-cooks] Cola with sugar was Semi-OT: So... guten Pesach to them as does it...


Master A wrote:
> 
> 
> Without getting all critical, especially since I'm hearing these  
> reports second-and-third-hand, how do people feel about the example  
> of a Crown Prince who will eat only cheese pizza?
> 
> How would they react to me if I said period garb is fine for other  
> people, but I'll only wear blue jeans and Air Jordans at events?
> 
> I could see if there were so many massive food allergies involved  
> that this was one of the few clearly safe options, but I'm not  
> getting the impression that that's the deal in this case...
> 
> Again, I'm not really trying to be critical here, but lately, given a  
> lot of what's been going on in my own Kingdom lately, I and some  
> others I know have been giving a great deal of thought as to what  
> we'd look for in a fighter we'd like to see entering the Crown  
> Tourney lists. Should a willingness to play the game in most or all  
> of its aspects (and I would submit having an acceptable dietary  
> repertoire of one dish might be argued to constitute such an  
> unwillingness) be considered by Royalty reading letters of intent?
> 
> Adamantius