[Sca-cooks] snake

[johnna holloway]

I have another reference for recipes and snakes.
Karen Hess discusses them in Martha Washington's
Booke of Cookery on page 431.
Johnnae llyn Lewis  Johnna Holloway

Stefan li Rous wrote:
 Thank you! I've asked this question previously both here and
> elsewhere, and this is the first time anyone has been able to
> point to any Europeans eating snakes.
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> Johnna Holloway said:
> > > > the cookery answer is that yes they ate them.
> > There's an article by Jennifer Stead in PPC 51
> > on "Viper soup, viper broth, viper wine."
> > They were thought to be medicinal, as Galen thought
> > they cured ulcers. She mentions that they were
> > eaten in Italy and England.
>