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Sep. 11th, 2006 08:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madbakerMany people have talked about Mists Bardic by now, so I'll just say that it was the most enjoyable competition in years. And not just because ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
klwilliams recited Beowulfric. (The wife suggested I talk to some jewelry people about getting a 1" or so monster arm to place on my peerage collar. I like it.) Hearing the author of "Fair Mistlands" sing it was worth the price of admission.
The feast... there was plenty of varied food. Almost everything I ate was tasty. So it succeeded in that regard.
But, as a food Laurel - and a cooking enthuiast - I don't find that sufficient. SCA feasts should attempt to present period-style food, not perioid food.
Only a few of the dishes at this feast were documentably non-period (the green beans and the "ciabatta" bread). Then again, the roast meat was about the only dish that was documentably period.
klwilliams recited Beowulfric. (The wife suggested I talk to some jewelry people about getting a 1" or so monster arm to place on my peerage collar. I like it.) Hearing the author of "Fair Mistlands" sing it was worth the price of admission.The feast... there was plenty of varied food. Almost everything I ate was tasty. So it succeeded in that regard.
But, as a food Laurel - and a cooking enthuiast - I don't find that sufficient. SCA feasts should attempt to present period-style food, not perioid food.
Only a few of the dishes at this feast were documentably non-period (the green beans and the "ciabatta" bread). Then again, the roast meat was about the only dish that was documentably period.
