[Sca-cooks] Italian sumptuary laws / turkey 1559

Johnna Holloway johnnae at mac.com
Wed May 28 11:52:13 PDT 2008


Cool. There is a book that goes into the turkey in Italy.
It's by Sabine Eiche. In English the title is Presenting the Turkey.
Really good selection of artwork, inc. pottery and paintings.

http://members.shaw.ca/seiche/pubs.html

Johnna


emilio szabo wrote:
> http://www.archivi.beniculturali.it/DGA-free/Fonti/Fonti_XLI.pdf
>
>  I found a passage from 1559, where there is a regulation on how to use 
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> turkeys (galline d'India) and Blancmanger (mangiare biancho) in wedding feasts.
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> The quotation might add to our picture of the spread of turkey in 16th century cuisine.
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> (For those interested in the Italian text: It is on page 337 of the book, and at PDF-number 369.)
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> I am sure, there is more of it, but I must leave it to other readers.
>
> Emilio
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