[Sca-cooks] Food art and a question

[Olwen the Odd]

Rays are deep water, but they also really enjoy getting warmed by the sun.  
Rays and skates will come up to a shoreline and burrow under the sand at the 
waters edge.  I can't tell you the number of times I have been walking along 
the shoreline and suddenly thrown off my feet when I stepped on a ray or 
skate.  It's rather un-nerving till you actually just get used to it.  If 
you look for them, you can see their eyes or the tails and no other part of 
them.  They are very beautiful to see swimming, or gliding along.  I have 
seen some that were well over 6 feet across.
Olwen

>I found another picture with a ray in it as well. I didn't realize folks
>ate them. I thought rays were deep water creatures. If that assumption
>is correct, how did they catch them?
>
>
>Elewyiss
>Raised by farm folk even if I was near the bay.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org
>[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Olwen the Odd
>Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 2:13 PM
>To: sca-cooks at ansteorra.org
>Subject: RE: [Sca-cooks] Food art and a question
>
>
> >I was skipping around in the museums looking for pictures or garnish
> >and I came across this picture  Market Scene
> >-
> >Oil on oak, 127 x 85 cm
> >Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne   AERTSEN, Pieter
> >http://gallery.euroweb.hu/index1.html it's about half way down the
> >page. Is the fish behind the fish mongers head a ray?
> >
> >
> >Elewyiss
>
>Yes, a ray.  Skates don't have the bumps on the tails.
>Olwen

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