[Sca-cooks] New World/Old World challenge
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Fri Jun 9 18:20:04 PDT 2006
Devra asked:
<<< I know that someone on this list did the New World/Old World
challenge on
food at a demo or event. Rather than risk being lost in the
uncharted wilds of the Floreiligium, >>>
Ouch!
But yes, that one is bit difficult to answer with the on-site search
engine without getting a lot of other stuff. I am, as always,
interested in hearing suggestions on solving this making the
Florilegium easier to use in other ways.
<<< does anyone remember the citation?
Devra (yes, very lazy) >>>
There are several messages on this in this file and many of them give
their list of items that various groups have used for this activity.
I have done this at several demos with good effects. Very few folks,
including the other SCA people at the demo, got everything correct.
The earliest message I have on this appears to have been written by
Anne-Marie and is pasted below. So right now, I think she gets credit
for this excellent demo activity or at least for making it known to
this list and the Known World.
demos-msg (102K) 10/23/01 SCA demos for education and
recruitment.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/SCA-EVENT-PLANNING/demos-msg.html
Stefan
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THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
**** See Stefan's Florilegium files at: http://www.florilegium.org ****
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Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 22:18:59 -0700
From: Anne-Marie Rousseau <acrouss at gte.net>
Subject: Re: SC - Re:period food/demo's
>> But at public demos, we play our New World Old World food
>> game...we have a large pile of recognisable foodstuffs....a
>> can of corn. A can of cocoa. A bag of rice. A vanilla bottle.
>> Peanut butter. Canned greenbeans. a Head of garlic. We ask
>> them to divide the foods into two piles...what would Columbus
>> have known about before his little trip and what after. Its fun,
>> it gets people talking about history and food and how much our
>> diet has changed, etc. If they play and "win" they get a prize. A
>> small pamphlet of medieval recipes, for example. we give 'em
>> out to the "losers" too....:)
>
>What a GREAT idea! Do you mind if I lift it? I like the way it makes
>people interact with the concept. :)
>
>(And I think it might be safer than serving food to the public.)
>
>- Clotild
fine with me to borrow the idea :). be sure all your "experts" agree on
stuff, and its useful to have a reference book or two handy to look
things
up to disuade the people who insist that the irish ate potatoes in the
middle ages :)
good luck!
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