SC - Ostrich

Philip W. Troy troy at asan.com
Sat Apr 19 07:33:06 PDT 1997


Uduido at aol.com wrote:

> Ostrich is farm-raised. It has the texture and flavor of beef and is cooked
> in the same way as beef. It is NOT a game animal and bears no resemblance to
> game, taste or otherwise. I have not come across any period recipes using
> this wonderful new addition to the butcher's case. (Yet! :-))
> 
> Lord Ras

I think Apicius has a sauce for boiled ostrich, if I'm not mistaken. You
could argue that the time of authorship isn't in period (although the
SCA really has no early cut-off, apparently) but the recipes were
apparently used well into period.

Adamantius, barely period himself


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