SC - Penguins are period, & so are elephants...
Magdalena
magdlena at earthlink.net
Thu Feb 10 12:23:24 PST 2000
Richard Keith wrote:
> 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.
>
So were lots of things. ;> Here's another example.
Alvise da Cadamosto, 1456, while on the Gambia river, describes eating elephant.
"I had a portion cut off, which, roasted and broiled, I ate on board ship... to
be able to say that I had eaten of the flesh of an animal which had never been
previously eaten by my countrymen. The flesh, actually, is not very good,
seeming tough and insipid to me."
<snicker> I love this quote. I'm still trying to get my hands on a copy of the
original work it came from.
- -Magdalena
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