[Sca-cooks] mystery vegetable - not

[Cindy M. Renfrow]

Hello! I beg to differ with the assembled multitude.

This picture is from Gaston Phoebus' Book of Hunting.

If you look at this page,
http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/images/jpeg/i5_0043.jpg , you'll see roughly
what is about to happen next in #45. The huntsmen are preparing to feed the
hounds the less-choice entrails of a hart. The hart's hide is spread on the
ground & covered with bits of bloody entrails that look remarkably like the
lumps being prepared in a bowl by the huntsmen in #45

The stick held by the central man in the green/gold tunic is a "fourche" or
fork, wrapped about with the choice numbles for the huntsmen to eat. In #43
the fellow on the right in pink is holding the fourche aloft & away from
the dogs.

So, IMHO, the lumps are bits of entrails, not veggies, mushrooms, or nuts.

Regards,

Cindy