[Sca-cooks] Peacock

[Stefan li Rous]

  Pani [J]adwiga asked:
> So, is it worth it to make peacock? Are there good recipes? How many
> peacocks would I need so that everyone at a 40-60 person feast would
> get a taste?
Is it worth it to make a peacock? Probably, from both the possible 
theatrics and because few people are going to have a chance to try it 
elsewhere. *However*, even in period it was not known to be that good 
for eating. There are period comments to skin it, take the skin and 
feathers and to drape them across another, tastier bird. I think you 
might do well with just a bite or two for each person.

For more info and, I think, period recipes check this file in the 
FOOD-MEATS section of the Florilegium:
peacocks-msg      (38K)  5/31/01    Serving peacock sotelties safely.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/peacocks-msg.html

Stefan
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