[Sca-cooks] Images of Dining in Ireland 1581

Johnna Holloway johnna at sitka.engin.umich.edu
Tue Aug 8 18:36:23 PDT 2006


It does say
Another lacking pannes. to boyle the flesh, his hide prepare

Johnnae

Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:
>> The Image of Irelande, by John Derrick
>> (London, 1581). The most famous plate of the set shows the chief of  
>> theMac Sweynes seated at dinner and being entertained by a bard and a  
>> harper.
>> http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/about/bgallery/Gallery/researchcoll/ 
>> ireland.html
>>
>> Johnnae
>>     
> Is it my imagination, or does this depict what appears to be food  
> being cooked in a sort of leather sling over a fire?
> Adamantius
>   




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