[Sca-cooks] Affording a period feast

[Johnna Holloway]

I suspect pricing and costs in Europe have a great deal to do with his comment. 

Johnnae

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> On Sep 20, 2016, at 2:58 PM, Laura Minnick <lcm at jeffnet.org> wrote:
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>> On 9/20/2016 10:05 AM, David Friedman wrote:
>>> On 9/18/16 11:37 PM, Volker Bach wrote:
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>>> Most of our events could neither afford nor manage a period feast
>> Why "afford?" I don't see any reason why a period feast would have to be more expensive than a not-period feast. Some period recipes use expensive ingredients, some don't.
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> That's just what I thought. Unless you're serving generic brand canned chili and kool-aid, there's no reason why a period feast would cost more than the non-period food. I know I certainly don't spend more for period food in camp than I would if it was all modern stuff. Prep might be different, but not cost.
> And 'manage'? Why would that be any different?
>