SC - Chicken usage

[James and/or Nancy Gilly]

At 13:42 22-5-97 +0000, Gunthar wrote:
>Another interesting, although not really period, observation is that from
Colonial
>times up through the 1940's chicken was considered a rather expensive luxury.
>That is one reason for the traditional chicken dinner on Sunday.  Items like
>lobster, steak, salmon (depending upon the region you are from) were more
common,
>poorer fare.
>
>The "chicken in every pot" speech was really talking about the fact that all 
>households would have at least one good meal a week.

Definitely out of period, but as long as we're on the subject, there was a
really good article on it in *American Heritage* last year.

Slainte -


Alasdair mac Iain

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