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[madbaker]

Many 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 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.

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[ptigris.livejournal.com]

Monster arm..? Is this some sort of vague ref to Trogdor?

*grins*

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

klwilliams tells this much better, of course. Beowulfric ripped Grendel's arm off with his knead-strengthened hands. The Prince rewards Beowulfric with a miniature jewelry version - "an award of arm".

Groan...

I'm the other White Meat

[fionnbharro.livejournal.com]

How can you be sure that the 'roast meat' is period?

According to my source (The PETA handbooke of meate ys morþor, AKA Boeuf; il n'est pas pour le dîner -- Can someone help on the translations on those? I'm woefully ignorant, you know.), everyone was a vegetarian until WWII when Danny "Bloody Dan" Hormel invented Spam.

Re: I'm the other White Meat

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

The British Navy went farther in the 18th century - they were fruitarians, hence why they were commonly called "limeys".