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[Huette von Ahrens]

Was asked to forward this on to you all- think you might be amused, a bit.


Phlip

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Philippa Farrour
Caer Frig
Southeastern Ohio

The World's Need

So many Gods, so many creeds,
So many paths that wind and wind,
When just the art of being kind
Is all this sad world needs.

- - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

>
>> Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 13:10:52 -0400
>> From: meaduewolf at juno.com
>> Subject: Re: [Mid] Feasting in General
>> 
>> >Alligator isn't period European, but it'd be an acceptable substitute
>> >for crocodile.
>> >Elli
>> 
>> What about monkey????
>> Rhiannon
> 
>> 
>> Just don't use New World monkeys. Tamarins are Right Out.
>> 
>> Elli
>
>Br.Johann von Metten and Ld. Seanan O'Daire
>throw their two, eat anything that isn't nailed down hungry bits in!!!
>
>A state naturalist and a anthropologist respond: " Hell, we are on some 
>damn ship half way across the Atlantic, and we have new monster to show 
>the the Court, IF we ever see Spain again?!?!  Hmmm, to eat the 
>alligator and simply save the skin, thus claiming to have slain and 
>eaten a dragon, and lie through our teeth about the whole thing ?!?!  
>Or not, and continue to try to eat the bilge that is standard fare for 
>seamen?!?! 
> 
>Oh What a Hard Question?!?!?!
>
> "If it wasn't for this Endangered Species Act, just think of the feasts 
>we could throw?" 
> Alligator, and New World Monkey did become fare for a few lucky 
>connoisseurs. If there was anything cooler than bringing back a new 
>species of critter, it was haute cuisine to try eating it.
> Just think it, a whole giraffe, stuffed with gazelle, stuffed with 
>guinea hens, and properly prepared with yams and cous-cous.
> Okay, we are getting carried away with ourselves, but the cooler the 
>creature the more likely it was to be eaten, at least once. The Age of 
>Exploration meant; the age of exploration. Survival lead to a few 
>discoveries of some very nice repasts, but also became the basis for 
>said new foods to be introduced to Europe, ie. turkey. 
> 
>We would like to state for the record: 
>"Bring on the 'possum and the 'coon!"
>
>Ld. Seanan O' Daire, student of the finer period zoological sciences, 
>and
>Br. Johann Von Metten, a cook with a recipe for anything.

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