[Sca-cooks] Re: Peacock

[Stefan li Rous]

Jadwiga answered Iago with:
> > Peacock was a status dish, it was eaten because you could afford to
> > eat it,
> > not because you enjoy eating it. Very similar to eating swan, only 
> the
> > royalty
> > could eat swan because it was a royal bird ( at least in England).
>
> I've heard this before, but the statement makes me suspicious. 
> Certainly,
> all types of bird were eaten on a regular basis. And it may have been a
> status animal. But you have to wonder if people are jumping to
> conclusions..
Well, how about comments from a period source?
 >1980 Peacock in full Pride (real bird)
 >Master Chiquart (1420) advises his readers to cheat by cooking a goose 
and
 >dressing it in a peacock's skin; he says peacock doesn't taste as good.

 From my peacocks-msg file. I, or someone else, may have the actual 
quote.

Stefan
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