SC - Odd question

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Haifuku!

> It recently (last  night) came up in conversation whether some form of
> calamari is period.  Anyone have any thoughts on the matter?
> 
> Bogdan

	In which culture(s)? A quick search failed to turn up a reference to
ika (squid) as a food in pre-Edo Japan, though I would be surprised to
learn it was not eaten. 

	That said, 
 
> i would think that just like today if your character lived on or near the sea.
> that they would eat anything that they could get from it.  but  that is just
> my opinion
> 
> olav the giving

	I don't think this is a reasonable assumption. Even leaving aside
religious limitations, there are any number of potential foods that we
choose not to eat today. Why would it be different in the Middle Ages?

	As I said, I would be surprised to learn that ika was not eaten,
considering the seafood I can find reference to, but I'm not going to
make the assumption that they did.

	Yumitori
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