SC - peony

[Terry Nutter]

Hi, Katerine again.  Adamantius writes:

>On the other hand, she also includes a medieval recipe for a sauce for
>roasted peiouns, which, to me, is pretty clearly a recipe for a sauce
>for pigeons, and not peonies. Whether or not that suggests the author is
>not a reliable source regarding the edibility of peonies, I couldn't
>say.

"Peioun" is definitely Middle English "pigeon", not "peony".  I agree
with the suggestion about the author's reliability.

Cheers,

- -- Katerine/Terry