[Sca-cooks] Hedgehogs

[Daniel Myers]

Ok, I'm used to seeing the recipe for "hedgehogs" - the meatballs with 
almonds stuck in them to make it look like a spiny critter, but I just 
came across the recipe below in Menagier that apparently calls for 
cooking *real* hedgehogs.

I know there are some on this list who have eaten all sorts of animals, 
but has anyone here eaten hedgehogs?  Could this be a mis-translation 
or a joke recipe?  I can't imagine that there'd be much meat on them, 
but then again, they ate songbirds in period.


 From Le Menagier de Paris (Hinson, trans.):
Hedgehog should have its throat cut, be singed and gutted, then trussed 
like a pullet, then pressed in a towel until very dry; and then roast 
it and eat with cameline sauce, or in pastry with wild duck sauce. Note 
that if the hedgehog refuses to unroll, put it in hot water, and then 
it will straighten itself.

- Doc


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