SC - Re: New World Food Rant / Counter Rant
Linda Peterson
mirhaxa at swcp.com
Thu Feb 10 09:33:47 PST 2000
At 09:59 AM 2/10/00 -0500, you wrote:
Glad to hear someone besides myself had heard the story. Awaiting
documentation.
Please note, I was not my intention to suggest that Penguins were to be
considered a stable or normal portion of any western medieval European
diet. I was only stating that they had been seen and reportedly eaten
within our period. After all they have such
small wings.(heehhehe). That being said, I must agree that I would not
expect to see them at a feast and must agree that they are a new World food.
>References to the eating of things by Sailors, especially those on long
>voyages, should
>NEVER be taken as an implication that these items were ever a part of the
>common
>cuisine of Nobles, or indeed of any but sailors facing the harsh reality
>of starvation.
>How often do we read of Sailors cannabalizing the dead, or their
>prisoners? We do
>not interpret this to mean that _People_ were a regular part of the Typical
>Rennaissance larder.
Be careful, I can see a new Household in the SCA forming, and I would hate
to be part of their feasts.
Frederich
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