SC - Cooking in a Period Environment

[Uduido@aol.com]

In a message dated 97-06-30 15:19:36 EDT, you write:

<< When I wrote initially, I wrote "spoiling" as in beginning to go bad, not
 "spoiled" as in has gone bad.  I do not believe that Markham ever suggested
 that anyone eat spoiled meat.  >>

IMHO, they were most probably referring to meat which had "hung" a few too
many hours. This is not unusual even in today's world where "aged" meat is
considered a gourmet treat. 

Lord Ras (who once aged steaks until they were spoiled. :-() )