[Sca-cooks] Frozen penis

[Olwen the Odd]

>Also sprach Robin Carroll-Mann:
>>they'll be appearing on my feast table, but I found myself wondering
>>about something.  I don't remember seeing period recipes for penis,
>>though there are recipes for nearly every other part of edible
>>mammals.  I've seen recipes for brains, spleen, testicles, ears, and
>>tails, but none for penis.  Have I overlooked something, or is there a
>>reason why this part of the anatomy would have been omitted from
>>the cookbooks?  (And if it's not generally considered edible, why
>>was it being sold?)  And what kind of beast was it from, anyhow?
>
>After slightly more serious reflection...
>
>...I would guess that there are probably enough non-culinary uses,
>ranging from the herbal-humoral medicine of the Far East (okay,
>that's on the fringe of culinary, I guess), to various leather
>artifacts such as the stretched and dried whips made from the penises
>of various animals.
>
>Then there was that one penis recipe (North African???) contributed
>to this list orginally, I believe, by HM Alys Katherine, which
>suggests the idea is not totally unheard of. I must remember to check
>"Unmentionable Cuisine".
>
>And then again, there may be simply a lot of cultures who might be
>turned off by the idea for one reason or another, not necessarily
>because of its function as a sex organ (although for all I know, this
>is exactly it) but possibly because of its excretory function. In
>fact, consider the possibility of this item's role (and other items
>like it) in the historical etymology of the word "naughty".
>
>I'll tell you one thing: I'll bet you serious money they ain't Kosher ;-)
>
>Adamantius

Seems to me I read something about them being used as an aphrodisiac.  Gound
and powdered or some such.
Olwen

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