SC - lemon syrup

[Bronwynmgn@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/6/99 1:24:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
SECARAM at mainsaver.com writes:

<< And now I have this vision of vast herds of chickens darkening the primeval
 plain... 
 
 MaggiRos >>

You woundn't be too far off. Most of the urban/suburban denizens of the list 
are always forgetting that the MA were peoples by an agricultural society. I 
have absolutely no surprise at hearing that eggs were in the top 2 source of 
protien foods duing that era. Many of the feast discriptions we have use 
60000 or more eggs for the entire series of meals. Virtually every household 
would have had at least a few chickens in the yard as wellas a pig or 2 even 
city folks.

Think apricultural and you will seldom find many surprises in descriptions of 
medieval life. Certainly some  folks lived in cities but they were a decided 
minority and most likely had an herb garden and chickens as wellas a dovecot. 
We  moderns have unnaturally divorced ourselves from a lifestyle that was 
virtually universal up until a hundred years ago.

Ras
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