[Sca-cooks] Oh Dear...

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Jan 4, 2006, at 7:46 PM, Adele de Maisieres wrote:

> Laura C. Minnick wrote:
>
>> At 04:21 PM 1/4/2006, you wrote:
>>
>>> Either we have a peculiarly incompetent reporter, or someone(s)  
>>> in SCA in
>>> Alabama need edumacated....
>>>
>>> http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/ 
>>> 1136369738300310.x
>>> ml&coll=1
>>
>>
>> I had no idea that the Renaissance ran from 1100 to 1200. Who knew?
>
>
> Well, I have heard people who know more about the period than I did  
> refer to the "Twelfth-century Reanaissance", and there are  
> certainly some books available on the subject.
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ 
> 104-2213985-3635155?url=index%3Dblended&field-keywords=twelfth 
> +century+renaissance&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go
>
> Perhaps this is what they are referring to.

Could be, but I doubt such a reference from someone who serves potato  
wedges in a remove as an example of a medieval feast represents  
someone who knows more about the period than you ;-).

>> Mostly that story was just sad. Sounded like a pretty shoddy deal  
>> to me. Anyone know anything about the local branch?
>
> I thought it sounded mostly OK. I mean, obviously some bits were  
> wildly inaccurate (ie potatoes for dinner), but in general I didn't  
> think it seemed "sad" or "shoddy".

It was a little low on the expectations meter, compared to what a lot  
of SCAdians are used to, but nowhere did it say, unless I read too  
quickly and inaccurately, that these people were SCAdians. Unless I'm  
mistaken, it said the group, when its members are older, look forward  
to working with the SCA on future events. It seems pretty obvious  
that their current focus is a little different from most SCAdians',  
and it's not especially fair, IMO, to blame the SCA's local group for  
this.

Adamantius




"S'ils n'ont pas de pain, vous fait-on dire, qu'ils  mangent de la  
brioche!" / "If there's no bread to be had, one has to say, let them  
eat cake!"
     -- attributed to an unnamed noblewoman by Jean-Jacques Rousseau,  
"Confessions", 1782

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