[Sca-cooks] Re: food myths (Turkey)

[Daniel Myers]

On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 02:00 PM, Barbara Benson wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I agree with the Turkey leg thing, they are very Ren Faire but as far
> as
> Turkey within our period of study - it was eaten.
>> From The Good Housewife's Jewel, Thomas Dawson 1596
> To bake turkey and take out his bones

Thanks for that reference!  I had the turkey in the period foods
database from the "The English Housewife" [G. Markham, 1683] but had
missed this one.


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