SC - Re: Eat well, well to do?

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At 22:26 9-1-99 -0500, Brenna wrote:
>I met two delightful ladies from England while on a cruise in Dec who told
me an
>incredible thing.  They said that while their American husbands hunt deer,
and
>they prepare the venison for their families to eat, they don't eat it
themselves.
>They never aquired a taste for it because in England only the royal family
may eat
>deer.  Anyone know if this is true or if they were just pulling my leg?  They
>sounded very sincere about it.

Don't know about England, but while I was living in Scotland I saw at least
one store (near Inveraray) that sold venison....

And at 01:33 10-1-99 -0500, Master Adamantius responded:
>Certainly it was true under the first Norman kings of England that most
>of the forests of England were relegated to being the King's personal
>hunting  preserve, so no one outside of royal hunting parties could
>legally hunt in, say, for a common example, Sherwood Forest in
>Yorkshire. (It is in Yorkshire, isn't it?), without the proper
>permission. Ever see those Robin Hood movies where people are charged
>with poaching the King's Deer?

Sherwood is in Nottinghamshire.  That's why Robin had to worry about the
Sheriff of Nottingham. 8)


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