Event vendor question

[bunnyjadwiga]

[Poll #1206829]

Comments

[spikywheel.livejournal.com]

None of the above?

Depends on teh non-period ness of it.
A hot dog stand selling cokes & chips? Not so much.

A hot dog stand with a period setup? Why not?

We all have coolers in our tents and plastic bags keeping the cheese from getting wet.

No cotton candy though. Cheesy. Even funnel cakes gets a little on the Renn fair side of life.

Are you talking big or small events?

[icewolf010.livejournal.com]

Like spikywheel, for me, it would depend on the snack and the vendor's setup.

[landverhuizer.livejournal.com]

It bothers me a bit but not entirely...

am trying to keep our shop period in product at the least (would like more) but with any partnership, there is some give and take
+ A one man show can be so rather drab

[aeliakirith.livejournal.com]

Like a lot of people, my answer is "how non-period is it?" and how well do they blend into the event itself, though I marked "not enthused."

Well...

[bytchearse.livejournal.com]

Considering I cannot find documentation for baklava or rice krispie treats (even with cardamom and pistachios), such a moniker apllies to me.
FTM, the Mongolian Wok and everything else I set up with propane and/or butane equipment falls under that heading.

[jacylrin.livejournal.com]

As with others, depends on how annoying. Some attempt at looking medieval, sure. Undisguised Good Humor truck? Um.... only if I'm really jonesing for ice cream ;-)

[danabren.livejournal.com]

What they said. I'm really torn on how to answer. I'm guilty of eating burgers and peach cobblers at Pennsic. It really would depend on their set up - if they made an attempt to look less like Mr. Softee, I'd appreciate it.

[stefsoap.livejournal.com]

I think I'd have to agree. Are we talking the food being non-period, but the vendor setting up as period? Or the vendor clearly being non-period? Because isn't it one of the "requirements" of the SCA to make a reasonable effort to dress/appear as authentically period as possible?

[chargirlgenius.livejournal.com]

I voted "not enthused". Unless it's coffee.

[kandy-elizabet.livejournal.com]

Not voting. Like many others, for me it depends on the vendor, but it also depends on the event and the venue.

If there's no other food, anything that's available might be good. (Think Birka ... not period, but life saving the first year we went and didn't take any of our own stuff).

I think that's also why it doesn't bother me at Pennsic ... it's not like there's dayboard and feast, and going back to camp isn't always (or often) feasable. Besides, the concept works at Pennsic of having food sellers.

At a smaller event, or one with dayboard (or dayboard and feast), enthusiasim for it is much thinner -- even though I happily allowed a non-period vendor (not of food) at the event I was running in May, but that was the club we had the event at, so maybe that's why I gave that a pass.

So, I guess my answer is "it depends...." Helpful, huh? :)

[amazon-42.livejournal.com]

I'm horribly sorry, but after helping my MIL make fish pasties and venison sausage and 4000 other vile things for feast, I will never, never, never, never again eat "period" food.

Give me an outside, lisenced, looks-peroid-to-me vendor any day, or frankly, I'll leave campus and hit the Taco Bell.

I think the only exception to this is cheese.

[mistresshuette.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind a food vendor who served modern food, if they do their homework and know what foods have descended from period foods. If they sold hot dogs using a French roll instead of a hot dog bun, and didn't serve ketchup, that would be okay with me. Hot dogs are from various sausages and wursts. But not hamburgers. That is based on sandwiches and way out of period. Ice cream has its roots in period, although many favorite flavors are not period, like chocolate or vanilla. I don't mind the Asian food vendors so much because a lot of Asian food hasn't changed in centuries. I would rather have baklava for dessert than chocolate cake or brownies. It may not be period, but it does have some period roots. I am waivering over Mexican and Latino foods. If they were to call their food, "Aztec food" or "Incan food", I probably wouldn't mind as much, but if they made no attempt at all, then it would be a "no" from me. There is a food vendor who has a middle eastern booth and sells coffee, which is period in the ME, although not in Western Europe. That set up is fine with me. But selling popcorn balls and modern candy in modern wrappers isn't okay with me, no matter how period their booth looks.