[Sca-cooks] Periodicity of turkeys

[Stefan li Rous]

Daniel commented:
> Regards the periodicity of turkeys we had an extended discussion a 
> while
> back.  While turkeys are post Columbus they are apparently period, if
> barely, in parts of Europe post 1550 or so.
Yes, turkey's are period if not medieval. The last depends upon what 
date you use for the cut-off of the medieval period.
See this Florilegium file for some more details:
turkeys-msg       (64K) 11/10/02    Use of turkeys in Rennaissance 
Europe.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/turkeys-msg.html

Stefan
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