[Sca-cooks] Honey and the New World/Old World food game

[Daniel And elizabeth phelps]

While not food how about eye glasses and cameras?  Trick question eye glasses are apparently period but not for all eye problems.  If I remember correctly period lenses would only correct for near sightedness.  Regards cameras yes but not with a lens or "film".  The answer to the trick question is the "camera obscura".

Daniel 

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From: "Stefan li Rous" <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>
To: "SCA-Cooks maillist SCA-Cooks" <SCA-Cooks at Ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:03:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Honey and the New World/Old World food game

Hrothny said:
<<< I love telling folks about avocados. :) >>>

I believe these are New World. What's the story?

I'm not sure I can use avocados for my game. Is there a something that is mostly avocado other than fresh avocados? Avocados are a bit expensive and probably aren't too useful after people have been handling/dropping? them all day. Some people exclaim, "but they didn't have cans in the Middle Ages, did they?" and I have to explain "No, but would you want to be handling raw meat or chicken after everyone else has been handling it today?" Similar problem with Avocados. But I do need a few more New World food possibilities.

<<< (I, too, use the New World/Old World demo format. I have some carob (great
story!) and bananas for 'Old World", which is guaranteed to throw someone.)>>>

Okay, what's the carob story?

I can get dried banana chips, but I'm not sure how many people would recognize what they were. Besides I already have lots of Old World stuff. Even fewer would recognize carob or know what it was if I told them. :-( I'm not really that clear on it.

carob-msg (4K) 6/13/01 Use of carob in period.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-SWEETS/carob-msg.html

Stefan
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