[Sca-cooks] No Sugar in 10th Century??

[ruadh]

At that age, we would know the breeding stock quality of the animal. I would
divide the sheep to Fleece or Meat, then cull based on the individual rather
than the general breed [ i.e. Dorset,a Meat breed  v. Merino, a fleece breed
for example]. Keep in mind the various purposes of the animal before table
use. To misquote a Whiner, ",,,to sever no *swine* before its time..."   Ru

> ages) was between 3 and 5 years; and that  (here the author was discussing
first
> sheep and goats, then pigs, so it's not clear whether pigs alone are meant
or pigs, sheep
> and goats) 'According to archaelogical data, animals were never killed
before their first
> year was out, and sometimes after two or more years."
>
> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa,