SC - peony
Terry Nutter
gfrose at cotton.vislab.olemiss.edu
Wed Jun 25 21:47:21 PDT 1997
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
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