[Sca-cooks] Rotten meat and spices...

[margaret]

 "El Hermoso Dormiendo" said (snipped long explanation of hanging birds)

> I'd also suspect that the cool climate of England probably kept spoilage
> organism growth on a bird hung outside to a relatively slow pace.
>

More snippage

Today  most birds are taken in the fall . This may have been true in period 
as well. That might also give much cooler weather.

Margarite