[Sca-cooks] Here we go again- that old rotten meat myth

Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius adamantius1 at verizon.net
Tue Mar 16 13:51:39 PDT 2010


On Mar 16, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Raphaella DiContini wrote:

> http://chicagoweekly.net/2010/03/11/medieval-hard-times-the-society-for-creative-anachronism-finds-things-aren%e2%80%99t-what-they-used-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-18411
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> "These “period Nazis” insist on the utmost historical accuracy in all details, from dress and etiquette to fighting style. Their intense enthusiasm occasionally manifests itself in less than pleasant ways, as when a cook who was a little too eager to adhere to medieval methods of food preparation allowed mutton to go rancid before serving it up from a bubbling cauldron to hundreds of SCA members. Widespread bowel pain constituted that night’s party favor. "
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> I completely dislike the term "Nazi" used in any way outside of appropriate WWII reference, and the seemingly endless falacy of rotten meat being serves is one of my biggest culinary misinformation pet peeve.

My comment is awaiting moderation. Perhaps I am not sufficiently moderate. We'll see...

> The reference to “period Nazis” is utter nonsense. It is an unfortunate reality of life that human nature prompts some people to attempt to aggressively sway others on how they should live their lives, what they should believe, politically, religiously, in their support for a sports franchise, or anything else. In this case, it is a strong belief that there is only one correct way to play a game. What should be remembered is that such people are simply rude and overbearing, and there is exactly the same percentage of such people in the SCA as there is outside of the SCA — if not fewer.

Adamantius






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