[Sca-cooks] Sheep was back to food

[Johnna Holloway]

Just off the shelf here at home I have Juliet Cltton-Brock's
A Natural History of Domesticated Mammals, 1999
and Rare Breeds. Endangered Farm Animals in Photographs, 1994.
Under the subject heading Rare breeds LoC only lists 4 books so
there are not a great deal of books on the subject. There is the journal
Rare Breeds Journal which began in the 1990's.
There are 30 books listed under Domestic animals History. which 
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is the subject heading for the first book. Clutton-Brock has written
sixteen books including histories of dogs, cats, horses, etc.
She also wrote this great title: The Walking larder : patterns of 
domestication, pastoralism, and predation.
Her festschrift   in her honor was called:
Skeletons in her cupboard : festschrift for Juliet Clutton-Brock. 1993.

There are two books listed under sheep history---
Sheep & man / M.L. Ryder.
London : Duckworth, 1983.
ix, 846 p.
and
something by the South African Wool Board--
An illustrated world history of the sheep and wool industry.
Pretoria, the Board [1971]

Hope this helps--
Johnnae llyn Lewis

Dan Phelps wrote:

>extant, breeds of rather large sheep that were bred more for meat and
>perhaps milk than for their wool.  When I say large think of the Odyssey bit
>with the Cyclops.  Anyone have any input in this regard as it might pertain
>to recipes that appear to call for larger than what is currently available
>cuts of mutton?
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