[MR] Please reply your views

[MikeHermDogFlute at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/22/01 3:42:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
belfebe at yahoo.com writes:

> Is that a trick question?  
>  
>  1.  Coffee is the nectar of the gods;
>  
>  2.  Chocolate (hot or otherwise) is an essential food
>  group all by itself, and 
>  
>  3.  Beignets are pastries.  Deep fried at that (if it
>  ain't deep fried, it ain't worth eating).  Pastries
>  are good for you.  Especially at Holiday time.
>  
>  So I say, bring it on and it shall be eaten!
>  
>  In service,
>  
>  Belphoebe

Unless #1 and #2 are royal whims, coffee and hot chocolate would not be 
period. Chocolate is a new world thing and even if it was brought to Europe, 
it wouldn't have sugar since sugar is a new world thing and was probably not 
used in Europe. If I remember correctly, honey was the only sweetner all 
people had access too. Below is an opinion from Her Excellency, Baroness 
Minowara Kiritsubo:
>While I wouldn't be surprised that beignets are period, I know that the 
coffee and
>hot chocolate are not.  Yummy as they are, especially wtih beignets, they 
weren't
>known in Europe in period.

>Kiri

Anyone who has knowledge who may argue this, power to you. I suggest Jeanne 
look in the Floregium (sp?) which is headed by THL Stefan li Rous. If you're 
not doing something period, I wouldn't see a problem.

Misha