SC - swans, eel and peacocks, oh
Alys of Foxdale
foxdale at wolfstar.com
Fri Apr 18 06:20:44 PDT 1997
We are lucky where I live we can find live eels at our local farmers
market. Try there or a sea food market
Abihilin
On 17 Apr 1997, Mark Harris wrote:
> On Wed. April 16, Duncan said:
>
> A local Laurel was kind enough to assist in the skinning and tanning of the
> hide, so that went fine at least. But when the time came to cook the thing,
> two important facts were overlooked:
> 1. A peacock is a game bird, and cooks differently than a chicken.
> 2. It was a peaCOCK, not a peaHEN, and took longer to cook because of this.
>
> >>>>>
> Please explain these two points to new cook. If the peacock and the
> chicken are the same size, why would they cook differently?
>
> Why would a peacock take longer than a peahen? Because the peacock is
> bigger?
> <<<<<<
>
> - -Duncan (...and don't even get me started on the eel stew...)
>
> >>>>
> Please do explain the eel stew. Eel is something I'd like to try
> at least once. If it was methodology, I'd like to know what NOT to
> do as well as what to do right. Where did you find the eels?
>
> Thanks.
> Stefan li Rous
> markh at risc.sps.mot.com
> <<<<<
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