[Sca-cooks] Frozen penis

[Rovena]

According to my husband, it was probably correctly labeled.  If it was
meant as food it would be bull or buffalo; if for medicine then it could
also be deer.

Sorry no period recipes.

Rovena



Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:

>Get your minds out of the gutter!  You, in the back, stop that
>snickering!  This is a serious culinary question.
>
>I was in a local Asian grocery store last night, browsing for posible
>feast ingredients.  In the freezer case, near the squab and the
>rabbits, were packages labelled simply, "penis".  They contained
>cross-section slices about 2 inches in diameter.  I really don't think
>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?
>
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