[Sca-cooks] SCA Slaughtering

[Stefan li Rous]

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa said:
>>Urban
>>households probably even bought the small animals already killed and
>>dressed.
>
> We do know that slaughtering and butchering in urban areas was done by
> specialists (at least for large animals). For example, take a look at the
> information on meat bones in _Feeding a City: York_.

> _Feeding a City_ suggests that some home butchering was done by smaller
> urban households but that it was actively discouraged by the civil
> authorities.
Ooh. This book sounds like it could be interesting. Can you give us a more

complete desciption/synopsis and the bibliographic info on this book?

Thanks,
   Stefan

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