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Something to put your food into: a bowl or plate.

• Metal or wood - usually

• **Plastic is out - not even close to being period

Something to drink from: goblets, mugs, and steins

• Metal drinking vessels conduct heat, not good for hot drinks,
  

• metal mugs with glass bottoms usually leak with the first fill of a hot drink.
  

• Be careful with pewter - real pewter contains lead - which is poisonous

• Ceramic is wonderful

• Glass should be greenish, as they couldn't make it perfectly clear yet.

• Wood can leech out its fluids into your drinks - makes things taste weird.

• **Plastic is out - don't even think about it

Utensils: fingers, knives, forks, spoons.

• Knives - everyone carried a knife, which was sometimes used as a fork.

• Spoons -- very handy for eating soups and stews
  

• easier to find in metal - but there are wooden, bone, antler, and shell

• Forks - later periods used 2 tine forks, 3 or more tined forks didn't exist as eating implements.

• Chopsticks for those with oriental personas, or those who like to eat with them

• Fingers were widely used everywhere, and are perfectly acceptable.

• Serving utensils, carving and bread knives are always welcome.

• A sheet of fabric to set the mood will serve as a tablecloth, as will a clean kilt.

• Candles are accepted in most places as the choice of lighting.

• Candle holders will be needed, bring something to catch the falling wax.

• Do not allow the wax to attach itself to a bare table - it isn't yours
  

• Some events will state that open flames are not allowed - be sure that you use something that encloses the flames - a lantern is a perfect remedy.