[Sca-cooks] On-line Pennsic Pity Party

Susan Fox selene at earthlink.net
Thu May 25 07:37:00 PDT 2006


UlfR wrote:
> Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> [2006.05.24] wrote:
>   
>> at Pennsic, the ultimate primitive site.>>>
>>
>> Well, it is often hard to call many Pennsic kitchen's "primitive  
>>     
>
> I remember years, and years ago. Someone mentioned to me that SCA often
> meant primitive camping. After I explained that to me primitive was
> either paleolithic or (possibly) being dumped in the woods with nothing
> but your clothes and perhaps a knife we agreeed that SCA camping was
> less primitive than many was used to, but perhaps not *that* primitive.
>   
Greetings, milord Flintstone!
> These days I think primitive for many people actually translates more
> into "significantly less than the speaker is used to". If that means a
> wooden trestle table, a built up fireplace with hangers for pots, and a
> "full" 15th century cooking kit or a stone knife, a fresh killed hare,
> a lake shore to gather some veggies, and a digging stick to make the
> cooking pit with all depends on the speakers perspective. 
>
> UlfR
>   

Obviously, local laws vary but we would get in SO much trouble if we 
started digging at any of the usual camp sites we use.  I wanted to try 
it but noooo. On the other hand, we might solve the issue of those noisy 
ducks and other waterfowl. <evil grin>

Selene



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