[Sca-cooks] Encouraging Period Cooking

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Just as an aside- Juana, is there a play date planned this year? I
don't know if I could come (same health issues with the wood fires as
last time) but it would be nice to spread the word far and wide...
 Liutgard
 On Thu 01/27/11 11:20 AM , Donna Green donnaegreen at yahoo.com sent:
 At the cooks play date at the West An Tir war a couple of years ago,
the passwords for passersby to be allowed to taste samples was they
had to say "period food is yummy". We proved it to the multitudes
over and over again throughout the long weekend. By the second day
the line for samples went accross and down the road. Making them
repeat "period food is yummy" over and over again and then giving
them yummy food did make a big dent in attitudes.
 Encourage your local community of cooks to remember that no matter
how period food is, if it is not tasty it fails. Just like clothing
that is oh so period but poorly made or doesn't fit fails. Of course,
this only works with people who have a fairly broad definition of
tasty and a willingness to taste what the modern palate may call
weird. So, start them out on the less scary stuff and gently push
them toward the more interesting foods over time.
 Juana Isabella
 West