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

[Decker, Terry D.]

Numida meleagris, the guinea fowl, which is of African origin and was
originally imported into Europe by the Romans.  AS I recall they appear in
Roman literature as "Numidean hens."  They seem to disappear from Europe
during the Middle Ages and began being re-imported in the 15th Century.

In Food, Waverley Root provides commentary about the naming confusion
between guinea fowl and North American turkeys.

Bear

> dont forget that there was also a European bird that was
> called "turky"
> Kirsten
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