[Sca-cooks] Chickens in Hochee-

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> I'm not sold on the idea that it is purely based on theory. I've tried it 
> (albeit admittedly with moder boxed birds) and the result is a much juicier 
> and softer meat that retains a lot more fat (the parboiled chickens dripped 
> hardly at all). This may have been explained in terms of humoral theory, but 
> my money is on well above 50% plain experience in the mix. Was that what you 
> mean by 'plain observation'?

I think that humoral theory incorporates some measure of plain 
observation (phlegmy conditions, for instance, often respond positively 
to hot/spiced foods)

> Absolutely. But every now and then I recall so much of our written evidence 
> pertains to maybe 5% of the population... 

That's where archaeoanthropology comes into use, like the York burials, 
and also where other forms of documentation come in (court cases, 
inventory records, etc.)
 
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