[Sca-cooks] Documentation "Fun"...was "Potatoes and personal issues"

[Susan Fox]

> I also try to avoid being a bore about it, at least in public. There are
> so many good, well worked out recipies out there for free on the web
> (Master Cariadocs being the main, but I see a steady trickle of hits on
> my more modest Swedish language effort[1] as well).

I try not to to become boring, but it is my artistic goal to improve the
general reputation of Historical Food as YUM not YUCK!  So I hand out
samples and let that speak louder than words.  If a picture is worth a
thousand words, how much is a slice of cake worth?  <smile>

> We frown on jeans
> and t-shirt at events, but the food served appears to be of no concern.
> I think what irritates me the most is when newsletters publish blatantly
> OOP recipies. They would not publish a howto for "paint a border on your
> modern tent to make it period", would they?

Not on my watch, buster!  Actually, I am in the middle of re-starting the
Runestaff newsletter for the Barbarian Freehold Alliance and I assure you
that this is NOT on the menu.

For more good period tent advice, I recommend the Medieval Encampments
mailing list.  Mostly SCA, some other historical re-creation groups in the
US and Europe.  <MedievalEncampments at yahoo.com>  Including, may I add,
painting on canvas, what kind of paint to use, etc.

> [1] http://www.hunter-gatherer.org/medcooking/kokbok/

I am finding this a very interesting site and I don't actually read Swedish.
But I'm getting by on cognates, numbers [200C is still 200C in any language]
and Middle English.  Good work!

Selene