SC -Vikings on Nova

[Huette von Ahrens]

- --- "Decker, Terry D." <TerryD at Health.State.OK.US>
wrote:
> > I don't have any idea where the original documents
> are, but
> > there seems to be a lot of coherent statements
> floating about
> > that supports a widespead acceptance in the early
> 16th century
> > in certain regions.
> > 
> > Akim Yaroslavich
> > "No glory comes without pain"
> 
> I'm more inclined to accept the widespread use of
> turkeys over the
> widespread use of potatoes.  The documentation I've
> come across tends to
> show a limited role for the potato until the 18th
> Century.  On the other
> hand, there are a number of written and artistic
> references to turkeys from
> the late 16th Century.
> 
> I'm interested in the original documents for
> Catherine's feast, because:
> 
> I have two differing accounts and I want to know
> which is accurate, if
> either.
> 
> I want to know if the prices quoted in Flandrin's
> Intro are from the same
> document, a different document, or from different
> documents.  The first case
> ties the feast and the prices together, which would
> suggest the turkey was
> being commercially bred in France at that point. 
> The second case makes the
> same point for the time when the price list was
> written.  The third case
> simply records market fluctuations at its strongest.
> 
> 
> I've reviewed Tannehill, Trager, and Toussaint-Samat
> and while they express
> the opinion the turkey was widely adopted early,
> they present little proof
> for the assertion.  The original documentation in
> this case should help
> support their assertions.
> 
> Bear

According the the Oxford Companion to Food, it was
Liliane Plouvier in her paper entitled "Introduction
de la dinde en Europe", who found the documentation. 
According to the bibliography, her paper was published
in Brussels circa 1980.  When I get to work tomorrow,
I will look up libraries who have this paper in their
collection.  Of course, you will have to be able to
read French to read it ...

Huette

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