[Sca-cooks] medieval dog recipes

[Terry Decker]

> Capt. Elias answered my question with:
>  >>>
> I believe that in the voyages of Martin Frobisher to find the
> NorthWest Passage, they cooked Eskimo dogs and noted various
> anatomical differences between them and European dogs...
> <<<
>
> When was this? Was this before 1600 CE?
>
> I agree on the tastes of sailors. I think there are other reports of  them 
> eating penquins and the like. This probably lies in the outlying  region 
> of things eaten during sieges or famines. But while not  something which 
> would be served to Lords and Ladies, much less  Royalty, probably worth 
> our study.
>
> Stefan

I believe Capt. Elias is referring to Frobisher's comments on the natives 
eating their sled dogs in times of etreme privation from the report of 
Frobisher's second voyage to find the Northwest Passage (1577).

While sailors may have eaten penguins, any such reports are probably after 
1600 as exploration of the far Southern Hemishere really gets moving in the 
18th Century.

Bear