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[Cindy M. Renfrow]

I'm far from being an expert, but suspect that it was more in line with what
seemed to be a general fascination with fantastic creatures.  The cockatrice was
a creature known in mythology, so the creator of the subtlety (or however you
want to spell it) was simply sculpting a creature out of mythology!

Kiri

Seton1355 at aol.com wrote:

> This is an entry from the glossary of _Curye on Inglysch_.
>
> It just occured to me...... why was such a dish condoned by the church?
> Wouldn't this have been seen as tempting the hand of God? Or  'playing god'
> to "create" a new beast?   Any thoughts?
> Phillipa
>
> COKAGRYS
> the dish later generally called ‘cokantrice'.  A new beast is created   by
> sewing the top of a cock to the hind- quarters of a pig.  This creation is
> then stuffed with forecmeat, boiled roasted and then guilded.
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