[Sca-cooks] SCA Pinterest Board

[Beth Harper]

I think it's actually pretty neat in principle that somebody has put that
together, but of course the individual human being(s) responsible for
adding content (it looks like that's Sir Erick Griffin, out of Meridies -
media at sca.org - and possibly some unidentified deputies?) is probably a
generalist who knows a little about a wide variety of things and has an eye
for trending and interesting, so there will be some errors and off notes
among the good stuff (and there is good stuff).

I humbly submit that the best approach is positive feedback. Comment,
repin! Suggest more good stuff! Those of us who are Pinterest users - when
you mouse over one of your own pins, one of the options that pops up is
"send". Send good material to the @scasocial account to make their job
easier and discourage them from looking for trashy filler. Maybe over time
it can grow into something that's curated by topical experts and be a
really valuable resource.

As to the egregiously awful items, maybe drop a note to Sir Erick and
suggest that a particular pin or group of pins from a common source is
factually poor and so doesn't reflect well on the organization.

YIS,
Liepa Jonaite
Outlands





On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Saint Phlip <saintphlip at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why be disturbed by it? As we have seen many times before, idiots can
> promulgate their crap faster than the rest of us can keep up with us,
> simply because instead of studying, these folks spend their time gossiping
> and magnifying their errors.
>
> Instead, if you want to deal with it, collect a variety of errors, and docs
> to correct them, and present them to the BoD as something idiotic that
> could get them sued. Sanity will not cause the BoD to take action, but the
> threat of a lawsuit wi have them running in circles. Might give them
> something to do besides screw with the Chirurgeonate.
>
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 4:07 PM, <lilinah at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > Today i discovered the SCA's very own Pinterest boards, operated by
> > official SCA Social Media people. Besides linking Mamluk stuff as Persian
> > (argh, argh, argh! The Mamluks ruled Egypt and the Levant and were not of
> > Persian origin) i found the following:
> >
> > "The wealthier families of the 1500s had plates made of pewter. Food with
> > high acid content caused some of the lead from these plates to leach out
> > onto the food, causing lead poisoning and sometimes death. This poisoning
> > happened most frequently with tomatoes. So, for approximately the next
> 400
> > years, most people considered tomatoes to be poisonous."
> > [http://www.pinterest.com/scasocial/medieval-life-food/]
> >
> > I confess that i added a comment with a link to Johnna's article about
> > tomatoes in 16th c. Spain and Italy, which Stefan has on the Florilegium.
> > (Thank you, Stefan and Johnna)
> >
> > There is also this:
> > "For those of you who have read the books to a Game of Thrones you know
> > that the food is described in a ridiculous amount of detail... Here are
> the
> > recipes! Also, if you enjoy recreating medieval style recipes here is
> > something close."
> > [http://www.pinterest.com/scasocial/as-culinary-arts/]
> >
> > I understand the concept of using the popularity of Game of Thrones to
> try
> > to draw people to the SCA, but seriously, fire pods are not medieval.
> >
> > I found quite a few problems in other boards, too, including 18th c. art
> > (!!) and pictures from Braun and Schneider's 19th c. costume books, a
> great
> > deal of which were never historically accurate. There are plenty of areas
> > in which my knowledge is limited or lacking, so i suspect there are more
> > gaffes.
> >
> > Isn't the SCA supposed to be an educational organization focused pre-17th
> > century, which would suggest to me that inaccurate food myths and 18th c.
> > stuff shouldn't be promoted? Am i wrong to be disturbed by this?
> >
> > Urtatim
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>
>
> --
> Saint Phlip
>
> So, you think your data is safe?
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/23/schneier.google.hacking/index.html?hpt=T2
>
> Heat it up
> Hit it hard
> Repent as necessary.
>
> Priorities:
>
> It's the smith who makes the tools, not the tools which make the smith.
>
> .I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I
> have read with pleasure. -Clarence Darrow
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