[Sca-cooks] peacocks
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Mon Jun 12 00:22:49 PDT 2006
Several weeks ago, Adele de Maisieres commented:
<<< SilverR0se at aol.com wrote:
> The only truly edible part of the feast was a roast turkey, decorated
> with peacock feathers, which only the high board got to eat.
Oh, do not get me starter on this practice! >>>
Why? Although they used a different faux peacock than a turkey, there
is period commentary about doing this. Apparently they weren't as
enthused about the taste of peacock as they were with it's colorful
plumage.
Stefan
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