[Sca-cooks] roast turkey

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

Also sprach 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

Bustard. You been reading too much Larry Niven ;-).

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