[Sca-cooks] dormice

[Stefan li Rous]

   "otsisto" <otsisto at socket.net> commented:
> Well why not! Coulda had possum stew. :)
> Man , now I got weird ideas. A subtletie - huge doormice.

Well, I think possum is a New World animal or at least not known in 
medieval Europe. However, dormice are period. I'm not sure where you 
could get any these days though, although I believe there is a period 
recipe for dormice in this file:
exotic-meats-msg (79K) 10/13/04   Period and SCA exotic meats. Swans, 
ostrich,
                                      crawfish, dormice, cat.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FOOD-MEATS/exotic-meats-msg.html

Stefan
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