SC - Chicken usage

[Michael F. Gunter]

> In a message dated 97-05-20 12:52:23 EDT, you write:
> 
 
> Because the majority, if not all, of period recipe books were written for
> noble households, would not the proliferation of chicken recipes indicate
> that they were in fact not a common food item? Case in point would be the
> nobleman's desire to impress his guests with his wealth by serving  as many
> exotics as possible. What better way than to serve chicken. Just a tho't but
> , IMHO, not an unreasonable one. Conversely the less often an item is
> mentioned, the more "common" it may have been. Responce?

No, I don't agree.  There is also a proliferation of beef recipes, and pork. 
I think the assumption that because it was in a cookbook it was for the upper
classes is erroneous.

> Lord Ras (Uduido at aol.com)
> 
Derdriu
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