[Sca-cooks] roast turkey

[Stefan li Rous]

  William de Grandfort declared:
> When I am King, I shall make Roast Turkey the national dish of Caid,
> and banish any who dare oppose me!!
You could. But why? That is a period food. Late, and certainly not 
available in all areas but it is "period" by our usual rules. 
Personally, like many others, I find that it reminds me too much of 
mundanity if served as turkey, so I would prefer it not be used except 
in certain circumstances such as an intentionally late period themed 
event. Turkey did replace similar birds, though. The bussard(sp?), was 
one of them I believe. And turkey is certainly more available than 
other large birds that they would have served. And a lot less work than 
cooking all those songbirds. :-)
turkeys-msg       (64K) 10/15/04    Use of turkeys in Rennaissance 
Europe.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/turkeys-msg.html

Stefan
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