SC - Fwd: Cooks - Maids of Honor

Suzanne Powell suzanne_powell at yahoo.com
Tue Jun 6 07:09:41 PDT 2000


IIRC, Rumpolt has a woodcut of a North American turkey in the book.  That
would suggest Jndianischer Han means a New World turkey rather than a guinea
fowl.

Bear

> 
> 40. Gebraten Jndianischer Han   There's some thought that the 
> guinea hen
> imported from Turkey could be meant by some early references 
> to turkey,
> before our American turkey might become popular.
> 
> Allison,     allilyn at juno.com


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