[Sca-cooks] Guinea Fowl

[patrick.levesque at elf.mcgill.ca]

While we're on the topic of misnamed and weird geographic distribution of food
items...

I'm wondering whether Guinea Fowl has been documented in period. According to
the Larousse Gastronomique, the bird is from Africa and was known to the
Romans. I've also seen the term in Weaver's 'Food and Drink in Medieval Poland'
but I mistrust this source. It may have been an error in translation, and since
I can't remember where in his text I saw this I can't verify his source (if
any, and if available).

Petru