[Sca-cooks] hoopoe a smelly subject
Elise Fleming
alysk at ix.netcom.com
Sun Oct 31 14:15:49 PDT 2010
Greetings! I would agree with Emilio that "If there is no clear
reference to some kind of culinary or dietetic use or aspect whatsoever,
I'd suggest to delete the entry."
Here is one of the statements about the abubilla (hoopoe) that needs
some kind of documentation: "As the hoopoe is 7 1/2" or 15 cm long , a
medium sized bird, it was served at banquets with its coat of feathers
placed over it after roasting as the peacock and the swan." Where is
this written? If it's in a modern book, then the author should have
given a citation for a medieval reference which should then be noted.
Just citing a modern author who says that it was served in its plumage
is not appropriate documentation for it being done during the Middle
Ages. Modern writers, especially on the internet, can become carried
away with assumptions that have no basis in fact. So, if there is no
period citation of the abubilla being served in its feathers at a
medieval Spanish feast, then how do we really know it was done??
Also, the hawthorn (acerola) was _not_ on Henry VII's coat of arms as
stated in the blog. It was on Henry's _badge_, which is a different item.
Alys K., being fussy
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Elise Fleming
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