SC - Old Breed Period pigs-query

[Roy Wessel]

The original post was specifically discussing recipes from Plimoth
Plantation.   I believe the point was that the Plimoth colony didn't have
cows to get milk to make butter in 1621 and that there wasn't any
presevered butter left.

Sounds reasonable to me -- cows take up a lot of ship space and require a
lot ot food and hay, ditto.  That cost money and I believe they were
running pretty tight just getting themselves and the basic necessities
over. There was a mention of goats and goat cheese I've heard of but not
goat butter.


At 10:37 AM 11/8/98 EST, you wrote:
>Agreed! That sounds  pretty bogus.  Any historians out there have the scoop?
>Phillipa
>
>> 
>>  > [Again in 1621, butter was probably not available. KC]
>>  
>>  WHAT?!?!?
>>  Why not?
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