Fw: [Sca-cooks] Fw: [SCA Equestrian] Re: minis in period

[Phlip]

And more discussion...



Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheri' Smith" <cheri at blackroot.org>
To: <sca-equine at midrealm.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Fw: [SCA Equestrian] Re: minis in period


> Philip wrote;
> >
> > OK, I agree with the equestrians. I think that it looks more like the
> pony is being used as a beast of burden, ... Anybody else want to comment
> further? As a general rule, you don't work an animal you're about to
> slaughter.
>
> Here's another argument for being a pack pony and not a roast pony =-) You
> just don't slap a pack on a horse, and put a crupper under it's tail, it
> takes a bit of training. Why spend the time and effort to train something
> you intended to eat? And it doesn't appear to be a famine situation, as
> there are plenty of other animals going into the pot, none of which seem
to
> have as fancy a halter or bridle as the poney. (some have none at all. It
> looks like the goat is being led about by a horn or ear) And it definatly
> looks like a small drafty pony to me, not a tender young horse,... Could
it
> be hauling water? I have seen people in Mexico haul water in jugs and
packs
> on donkey and horse back, and a soup would need water, maybe?
>
> On another note, does it look like the cow has had it's back legs broken,
> maybe to reduce mobility? As an artist, I notice that a lot of care went
> into showing the proper angle of every other animals' limbs, and even the
> difference in body types between horse and pony,... but the cow has a few
> extra joints in the back legs. I guess it would keep your meat handy, and
> keep it from spoiling untill you were ready to use it,...
>
> Later,
> Cheri'
>
> From:  "Cheri' Smith" <cheri at blackroot.org>
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