SC - Boar Recipe

[Decker, Terry D.]

> Adamantius sez:
> 
> >FWIW, and taxonomy notwithstanding, the meat of boar is considered
> venison... <
> 
> True- pygge would likely mean a castrated male, equivalent to a veal calf.
> All wild meat at a certain point in history was considered venison.
> 
> Phlip
> 
Learn something new every day.  Archaic usage of venison is the meat of a
game animal.  From the Latin venatus, past participle of venari, to hunt.

Now the question is when did the usage change from general game meat to deer
meat specifically?

Bear

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