[Sca-cooks] Castration WAS Dutch Recipes

[Micheal]

 Yuppers apparently one the little known facts about  famous actors. 
Valentino during the roaring twenties did this before making it big. Yuppers 
and the ladies would line up for kisses. Makes you wonder how far a guy has 
to go to get attention from the ladies doesn`t it.
 Da
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Phelps" <phelpsd at gate.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 3:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Castration WAS Dutch Recipes


> Well it beats biting them off which, I have been made to understand, is
> traditionally how sheep herders accomplish such in sheep.
>
> Daniel
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Micheal" <dmreid at hfx.eastlink.ca>
> To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 9:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Castration WAS Dutch Recipes
>
>
>> Yes it is still done pretty much the same still. Except Elastics instead
> of
>> strings mostly. The crushing tool is called a bardizo (could be wrong on
> the
>> spelling). But it looks like a large set of pliers with  4 inch wide 
>> jaws.
>> They do crunch when you squeeze those cords.
>>  Parrie Oysters are still collected in the same manner. Open sack remove
> and
>> rinse brown in a pan and serve forth.
>>  Da
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Robin Carroll-Mann" <rcmann4 at earthlink.net>
>> To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 11:23 PM
>> Subject: [Sca-cooks] Castration WAS Dutch Recipes
>>
>>
>> > Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise wrote:
>> >
>> >>I guess I don't know all that much about period methods of neutering
> rams.
>> >>Nowadays an elastic band is used around the testicles, so the penis
>> >>wouldn't be removed until slaughtering.
>> >>
>> > Okay, all of you squeamish guys, hit delete now.
>> >
>> >
>> > I mean it.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Right.  Don't say I didn't warn you.
>> >
>> >
>> > The 1551 edition of the "Book of Agriculture" by Gabriel Alonso de
> Herrera
>> > has animal husbandry information.  The section on sheep refers the
> reader
>> > to the earlier section on goats, since the castration procedure is the
>> > same.  It's a long passage, so I'm going to summarize and paraphrase
> what
>> > I've read, since I really don't want to take the time to transcribe and
>> > translate.
>> >
>> > http://alfama.sim.ucm.es/dioscorides/consulta_libro.asp?ref=X533701960
>> > The section on castration begins with image # 319.
>> >
>> > Kid goats should be castrated under the age of one year, and the 
>> > earlier
>> > it is done, the better they will tolerate it, and the better the meat
> will
>> > be.  Castration should be done when the temperature is moderate; 
>> > neither
>> > very hot or very cold.  Kids born in September should be castrated in
>> > March.  Those born in December should be castrated in April or May,
> before
>> > it gets hot.  Those born in March should be castrated at the end of
>> > September, or in October.
>> >
>> > The animals should not be allowed to eat or drink before castration.
>> > There are several methods for castration.  The first is to use a cord 
>> > to
>> > tie the scrotum.  This, Herrera says, is the least painful method.
> [note:
>> > I gather, from some casual Web research that a similar method is used
>> > today, though with elastic.  Apparently, the scrotum dies from lack of
>> > blood and falls off in a couple of weeks.]  The second method is to tie
>> > off the scrotum with a cord, open the scrotum and cut out the 
>> > testicles.
>> > This makes better meat, very tender.  A nerve is taken out with them.
>> > This way, you remove all of the lust and aggression.
>> >
>> > Others crush them [ie., the testicles] with something, and this is very
>> > painful.  And others cut off the scrotum, having first tied it firmly
> with
>> > a cord as said before.  It can be cauterized with a hot iron, and
> anointed
>> > with cow's butter.
>> >
>> > Castration is best done in the morning, when the animals won't have had
>> > food or water.  They should not be given food or drink that day.  They
>> > shouldn't be allowed to walk around much that day, and should be kept 
>> > in
> a
>> > corral or stable.
>> >
>> > --- end paraphrased text --
>> >
>> > Okay, guys.  You can come out now.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Lady Brighid ni Chiarain
>> > Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
>> > Robin Carroll-Mann *** rcmann4 at earthlink.net
>> >
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