SC - 90 ingredients Holloptrida translation
Decker, Terry D.
TerryD at Health.State.OK.US
Sat Jun 10 05:16:34 PDT 2000
> <<The interesting point is the woodcut appears to be Meleagris gallapavo,
> the
> North American woodland turkey of U.S. Thanksgiving Day fame. The turkey
> that was probably available at the time was the Central American turkey,
> Agriocharis ocellata, which was brought to Europe by Cortez.<<
>
> Bear,
>
> As I wouldn't know the difference, how would it affect our cooking?
> Size, taste, etc"
>
The woodland turkey is a game bird and, to my knowledge, not domesticated.
There are people who find them much tastier than the domestic turkey. The
turkey you buy at the grocery is a Central American turkey. For our
purposes, store bought commercial turkey is probably the best choice.
> Gwen-Cat or Thomas, do either of you know when the woodcut was made and
> added to Rumpold's book? Is there evidence that the woodcuts are as old
> as the recipes?
>
>
> Regards,
> Allison, allilyn at juno.com
>
Vincenzo Campi's The Poultry Seller (Cremona) is roughly contemporaneous
with Rumpolt's work (no more than 10 years difference) and it has a Central
American turkey rather prominently displayed in the woman's lap.
Bear
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