[Sca-cooks] Seeking source of vaguely remembered quotation...

[Johnna Holloway]

Would it be in the book  Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and  
Discovery of the New World?

Johnnae
On Mar 19, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius wrote:

> Hullo, the list!
>
> Somewhere in the back of my senility-riddled brain I'm remembering a  
> quote from a medieval text, possibly a play or other satirical  
> piece, or maybe just a letter that has survived.
>
> In it, the author speaks of the luxurious nature of seafood and  
> freshwater fish shipped in vivaria, imported from various coastal  
> towns on ice, etc., and the wines to go with them, and concludes  
> that he cannot afford the austerity of Lent.
>
> Is this ringing a bell for anybody? Info, please, if any...
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Adamantius
>