SC - Wolves are our cute furry friends..

[Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir]

>Elizabeth David wrote "How to cook a wolf",
but she used the word metaphorically, and it's a 20th century book.


The author was M.F.K. Fisher, actually. And no, there aren't any wolf
recipes, and no medieval recipes, although she quotes this rather intriguing
17th century recipe (from Secrets of Nature by Wesker, published in 1660):

"Take the goose, pull off the feathers, make a fire about her, not too close
for smoke to choke her, or burn her too soon, not too far off so she may
escape. Put small cups of water with salt and honey ... also dishes of apple
sauce. Baste goose with butter. She will drink water to relieve thirst, eat
apples to cleanse and empty her of dung. Keep her head and heart wet with a
sponge. When she gets giddy from running and begins to stumble, she is
roasted enough. Take her up, set her before the guests; she will cry as you
cut off any part and will be almost eaten before she is dead ... It is
mighty pleasant to behold."

Nanna