[Sca-cooks] Odd looking things in paintings

[Daniel Myers]

Howdy,

In the paintings below, there are these things that look something (but 
not completely) like a baby brie cut in half.  Any ideas what they are?

Here they're on the tray on the table
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/images/aria/sk/z/sk-a-3.z

There's only one here - leaning on a pitcher - I'd think it was a 
mushroom cap, but the inside doesn't look right.
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/images/aria/sk/z/sk-a-4821.z

At the butcher's, lower center - there's one white, one beige, and two 
that are reddish-brown (if it's brie then Yuck!).
http://www.wga.hu/art/a/aertsen/butchers.jpg

Any ideas?

- Doc


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