SC - Big birds on the medieval plate
D. Clay-Disparti
Clay at talstar.com
Wed Jul 28 15:23:45 PDT 1999
In the UK they still have swans for the crown...a certain number have always
belonged to the crown and there is a count taken each year. They were orginally
used as food items, but I don't know if they are eaten very much of late.
Isabella
Philip & Susan Troy wrote:
> Bonne of Traquair wrote:
> >
> > I beleive swan season still exists along the coast/outer banks area of NC.
> > The fishiness was probably a "what you are used to" problem. I've never had
> > swan, but can't imagine a reason why it would be more fishy tasting than
> > duck.
> >
> > Bonne
>
> Other things, environmentally, being equal, edible waterfowl vary in
> "fishiness" from species to species. In the case of duck, domesticated
> duck is considerably less powerful in fishy flavor than wild duck. I
> suppose it's possible swans were semi-domesticated, fed things like
> grain for a time before slaughter, to improve the flavor. Or, it may
> simply be what people are used to.
>
> Adamantius
> --
> Phil & Susan Troy
>
> troy at asan.com
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