[Ansteorra] Period Dog Breeds

[Michael Tucker]

"Mark.S Harris" wrote:
>
> Chiara Francesca Arianna d'Onofrio wrote:
> > You know it has been a long year when you read the title and it says, in
> > your head, Period Hot Dogs.....sigh.
>
> Well..., I do have one period recipe for cat in the Florilegium. But
> I don't have any period recipes nor evidence for dogs being eaten in
> period. So, if anyone does, could they please enlighten us?
>
> Thanks,
>   THL Stefan li Rous
>   stefan at texas.net

Just one: the Cu Chulainn myth/saga. Our Hero has taken two vows: 1) never to
pass a hearth without tasting the food (i.e., never refuse hospitality), and 2)
never eat the flesh of a dog. One day, he's offered roast dog fresh from the
hearth (by his enemies, who know of his vows). That day, of course, is his undoing.

On the other hand, this is an Iron Age myth/saga, and (if based on anything
remotely resembling fact) predates our time. It may simply be that the practice
of eating dog was so unthinkable and foreign to that culture, that it was the
undoing of one of the greatest heroes of the age.

Michael Silverhands